Freud in Zion - Psychoanalysis and the Making of Modern Jewish Identity

"First published in Hebrew in 2007 by Am Oved Books, Tel Aviv, Israel"--Title page verso.

List of contents

Series Editor’s Foreword , Preface , Introduction: a costly dream , The Freudians and the “new man” of the Zionist revolution , Psychoanalytic pioneers and their discontents , We’ve lost Berlin , Migration and interpretation , Homegrown psychoanalysis , A psychoanalytic midrash , Epilogue: dynamite in the house

About the author

Eran J. Rolnik is a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and historian. He teaches at Tel-Aviv University and at the Max Eitingon Institute for Psychoanalysis in Jerusalem. He works in Tel Aviv in private practice.

Summary

Tells the story of psychoanalysis coming to Jewish Palestine/Israel. In this study, the author explores the encounter between psychoanalysis, Judaism, Modern Hebrew culture and the Zionist revolution in a unique political and cultural context of war, immigration, ethnic tensions, colonial rule and nation building.

Product details

• Authors: Eran Rolnik, Eran J. Rolnik
• Assisted by: Haim Watzman (Translation), Watzman Haim (Translation)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367101138
• ISBN: 978-0-367-10113-8
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: The History of Psychoanalysis Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Psychoanalysis, PSYCHOLOGY / General, Psychotherapy, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), Culture and Psychoanalysis