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Presenting a new frame of reference, the author argues that Freud's theories are not the result of his genius alone but were developed in exchange with colleagues and students, which is not always apparent at first glance. Replete with examples, the author reconstructs who the theories were addressed to and the discursive context they originally belonged to, thus presenting fresh and surprising readings of Freud's oeuvre. The book also offers a glimpse into Freud's practice. For the first time, Freud's patient record books which he kept for ten years, are being reviewed, offering readers the hard facts about the length and frequency of Freud's analyses.
List of contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ABBREVIATIONS
SERIES EDITOR'S FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
PART I
FREUD AND HIS STUDENTS
CHAPTER ONE
How the concept of narcissism came into being: from Ellis and Näcke to Sadger and Freud
CHAPTER TWO
Abraham's discovery of the "bad mother" : a contribution to the history of the theory of depression
CHAPTER THREE
From anger to reflection: remarks on Freud's commentary on an early paper by Karl Abraham (1907)
CHAPTER FOUR
Karl Abraham's revolution of 1916: from sensual sucking to the oral-aggressive wish of destruction
CHAPTER FIVE
Towards Karl Abraham's "A Short Study of the Development of the Libido" (1924): August Stärcke's contribution to the theory of orality
CHAPTER SIX
On the early history of anal erotism (1905-1924)
CHAPTER SEVEN
Thinking up the death drive: remarks on Freud's research projects, his ambitions and his vision of the primacy of sexuality
PART II
FREUD AND HIS PATIENTS
CHAPTER EIGHT
Fourteen hundred hours of analysis with Freud: Viktor von Dirsztay
CHAPTER NINE
Freud's patient calendars (1910-1920): On the duration and frequency of 36 of Freud's analyses
SOURCES
REFERENCES
INDEX
About the author
Ulrike May, PhD, is a practising psychoanalyst in Berlin and a member of the Karl-Abraham-Institute Berlin, the German Psychoanalytic Association, and the International Psychoanalytical Association. She has published two books:
Freuds frühe klinische Theorie (1894-1896): Wiederentdeckung und Rekonstruktion and (together with Elke Mühlleitner)
Edith Jacobson: Sie selbst und ihrer Objekte. Leben, Werk, Erinnerungen, as well as numerous papers on the history of psychoanalytic theory and practice. Together with Michael Schröter she recently presented a critical edition of Freud's
Beyond the Pleasure Principle, including the first version of 1919.
Summary
Presenting a new frame of reference, the author argues that Freud's theories are not the result of his genius alone but were developed in exchange with colleagues and students, which is not always apparent at first glance.
