Contemporary psychoanalysis and the legacy of the Third Reich : history, memory, tradition / Emily A. Kuriloff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kuriloff, Emily A.

Series:

Psychoanalysis in a new key book series ; v. 18.

Psychoanalysis in a new key book series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychic trauma.

Psychoanalysis.

Germany--History--1933-1945.

Germany.

History.

Physical Description:

xviii, 177 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2014.

Summary:

For most of the twentieth century, Jewish and/or politically leftist European psychoanalysts rarely linked their personal trauma history to their professional lives, for they hoped their theory--their Truth--would transcend subjectivity and achieve a universality not unlike the advances in the "hard" sciences. -- Contemporary Psychoanalysis and the Legacy of the Third Reich confronts the ways in which previously avoided persecution, expulsion, loss and displacement before, during and after the Holocaust shaped what was, and remains a dominant movement in western culture. Emily Kuriloff uses unpublished original source material, as well as personal interviews conducted with émigré /survivor analysts, and scholars who have studied the period, revealing how the quality of relatedness between people determines what is possible for them to know and do, both personally and professionally. Kuriloff's research spans the globe, including the analytic communities of the United States, England, Germany, France, and Israel amidst the extraordinary events of the twentieth century. Contemporary Psychoanalysis and the Legacy of the Third Reich addresses the future of psychoanalysis in the voices of the second generation--thinkers and clinicians whose legacies and work remains informed by the pain and triumph of their parents' and mentors' Holocaust stories. These unprecedented revelations influence not only our understanding of mental health work, but of history, art, politics and education. Psychoanalysts, psychologists, psychiatrists, sociologists, cultural historians, Jewish and specifically Holocaust scholars will find this volume compelling. iloff's research spans the globe, including the analytic communities of the United States, England, Germany, France, and Israel amidst the extraordinary events of the twentieth century. Contemporary Psychoanalysis and the Legacy of the Third Reich addresses the future of psychoanalysis in the voices of the second generation--thinkers and clinicians whose legacies and work remains informed by the pain and triumph of their parents' and mentors' Holocaust stories. These unprecedented revelations influence not only our understanding of mental health work, but of history, art, politics and education. Psychoanalysts, psychologists, psychiatrists, sociologists, cultural historians, Jewish and specifically Holocaust scholars will find this volume compelling.

Contents:

Acknowledgements

Introduction / by Philip Bromberg

Author's preface

Its not what you have written down

History means interpretation

Not gentle creatures

The founding and the final hour

Throwing stones at the future

Like shadows

A child is something else again

Index

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415883184

0415883180

9780415883191

0415883199

0203845889

9780203845882

OCLC:

666242880