Brief Apocalyptic History of Psychoanalysis - Erasing Trauma

A Brief Apocalyptic History of Psychoanalysis returns us to the birth of psychoanalysis and the trauma of castration that is its umbilicus. The story told in this book centers on the genital mutilation endured in her childhood by Emma Eckstein, Freud's most important patient in his abandonment of the "seduction theory."

List of contents

List of figures
Preface by Philippe Réfabert
Introduction
PART I
The woman, a castrated man

1. The voice of Ferenczi


2. Hatred of the woman and veneration of man


3. "Dark continent"
PART II
The code


4. Amyl, trimethylamin = Brit milah


5. The great Lord Penis


6. The blood bride


7. The tomb
PART III
Transmission


8. A gap as heredity


9. Catasthrophe
PART IV
Closing of the circle


10. Giant snakes and dragons that still live


11. Gaps and substitutes


12. The nose as a fetish

Postface by Philippe Réfabert
References

About the author

Carlo Bonomi, Ph.D., is a training and supervising analyst of the Società Italiana di Psicoanalisi Sándor Ferenczi, president of the International Sándor Ferenczi Network (ISFN), co-editor-in-chief of The Wise Baby/Il poppante saggio, and associate editor of the International Forum of Psychoanalysis.

Summary

A Brief Apocalyptic History of Psychoanalysis returns us to the birth of psychoanalysis and the trauma of castration that is its umbilicus. The story told in this book centers on the genital mutilation endured in her childhood by Emma Eckstein, Freud’s most important patient in his abandonment of the "seduction theory."

Product details

• Authors: Carlo Bonomi, Carlo (Institute of Psychoanalysis Bonomi, Bonomi Carlo
• Assisted by: Peter L. Rudnytsky (Editor of the series)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.02.2023
• EAN: 9781032404349
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3240434-9
• No. of pages: 266
• Series: The History of Psychoanalysis Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Psychoanalysis; PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, Psychotherapy, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis