The Trauma of Freud

Paul Roazen (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

318 Seiten

2001
Transaction Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-7658-0112-8 (ISBN)

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Over one hundred years have passed since Sigmund Freud first created psychoanalysis. The new profession flourished within the increasing secularization of Western culture, and it is almost impossible to overestimate its influence. Despite its traditional aloofness from ethical questions, psychoanalysis attracted an extraordinary degree of sectarian bitterness. Original thinkers were condemned as dissidents and renegades and the merits of individual cases have been frequently mixed up with questions concerning power and ambition, as well as the future of the "movement." In The Trauma of Freud, Paul Roazen shows how, despite this contentiousness, Freud's legacy has remained central to human selfawareness.Roazen provides a much-needed sequence and perspective on the memorable issues that have come up in connection with the history of Freud's school. Topics covered include the problem of seduction, Jung's Zurich school, Ferenczi's Hungarian following, and the influence of Melanie Klein and Anna Freud in England. Also highlighted are Lacanianism in France, Erik Erikson's ego psychology, and Sandor Rado's innovations. In considering these historical cases and related public scandals, Roazen continually addresses important general issues concerning ethics and privacy, the power of orthodoxy, creativity, and the historiography of psychoanalysis. Throughout, he argues that rival interpretations are a sign of the intellectual maturity and sophistication of the discipline. Vigorous debate is healthy and essential in avoiding ill-considered and dogmatic self-assurance.He observes that potential zealotry lies just below the surface of even the most placid psychoanalytic waters even today. Examining the past, so much a part of the job of scholarship, may involve challenging those who might have preferred to let sleeping dogs lie. Roazen emphasizes that Freud's approach rested on the Socratic conviction that the unexamined life is not worth living and that this constitutes the spiritual basis of its influence beyond immediate clinical concerns. The Trauma of Freud is a major contribution to the historical literature on psychoanalysis.

Paul Roazen is professor of social and political science at York University in Toronto, Ontario.

1: The Problem of Seduction; 2: Carl Gustav Jung: The Zurich School; 3: Sandor Ferenczi: The Budapest School; 4: Kleinianism: The English School; 5: Anna Freudian; 6: Ethics and Privacy; 7: The Power of Orthodoxy; 8: Lacanianism; 9: Erikson’s Ego Psychology; 10: Jackson Pollock and Creativity; 11: The History of Psychotherapy; 12: Public Scandal; 13: Sandor Rado; Conclusions: A Plea for Toleration and the Future

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.12.2001
Verlagsort	Somerset
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	657 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Psychoanalyse / Tiefenpsychologie
ISBN-10	0-7658-0112-4 / 0765801124
ISBN-13	978-0-7658-0112-8 / 9780765801128
Zustand	Neuware