Dangerous Legacy - Judaism and the Psychoanalytic Movement

From its beginning, psychoanalysis has been seen as a Jewish affair, and psychoanalysts have always been afraid of ending up in the position of the Jew. This title examines how psychoanalysts have managed that fear.

List of contents

Epigraph , Prelude , Introduction , Freud: A Jew in Europe , Pfister and Freud, a friendship , Freud and the man Moses, the man Moses and Freud , Jerusalem and Hamburg: Two congresses , Two incidents in the Netherlands , International , The battle of Durban , Conclusion

About the author

Hans Reijzer is a psychoanalyst in Amsterdam. From 1995 to 2003, he was general editor of the 'Tijdschrift voor Psychoanalyse', established by seven Dutch and Flemish psychoanalytic organizations. From 2003 to 2008, he was chairman of the joint Scientific Committee of three Dutch psychoanalytic organizations.

Summary

From its beginning, psychoanalysis has been seen as a Jewish affair, and psychoanalysts have always been afraid of ending up in the position of the Jew. This title examines how psychoanalysts have managed that fear.

Product details

• Authors: Hans Reijzer, Reijzer Hans
• Assisted by: Jeanette K. Ringold (Translation), Jeannette K. Ringold (Translation), Ringold Jeanette K. (Translation)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.06.2019
• EAN: 9780367107093
• ISBN: 978-0-367-10709-3
• No. of pages: 472
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Psychoanalysis, PSYCHOLOGY / General, Psychotherapy, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), Forthcoming, Culture and Psychoanalysis