Karl Abraham : life and work, a biography / Anna Bentinck van Schoonheten ; translated from the Dutch by Liz Waters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bentinck van Schoonheten, Anna, author.

Series:

History of psychoanalysis series.

History of Psychoanalysis Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Abraham, Karl, 1877-1925.

Abraham, Karl.

Psychoanalysts--Germany--Biography.

Psychoanalysts.

Psychoanalysis--History.

Psychoanalysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (473 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2018.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Karl Abraham: Life and Work, a Biography is the first complete biography of Karl Abraham (1877-1925), a close colleague and friend of Sigmund Freud and one of the most important pioneers of psychoanalysis. Abraham was the first psychoanalyst in Germany, where he brought about a great flourishing of psychoanalysis. His clinical-theoretical contributions quickly became classics that have powerfully influenced the development of psychoanalytic theory. He was the first to develop a psychoanalytic theory of depression, several years before the publication of Freud's 'Mourning and Melancholia'. Abraham was both supervisor and analyst to Melanie Klein, on whose theoretical work he had a profound influence.In the 1920s Abraham was the most important analyst of the psychoanalytic movement after Freud. He was president of the International Psychoanalytical Association, president of the Berlin Psychoanalytic Society, and a member of the "secret committee". He was involved in a number of major conflicts of the early years of psychoanalysis, and after his death he was quite often blamed for them. As a consequence, Abraham, so highly valued during his life, was frequently reviled after his death."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; ABBREVIATIONS; SERIES EDITOR'S FOREWORD; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE Childhood in Bremen; CHAPTER TWO Student years; CHAPTER THREE Doctor's assistant in Dalldorf; CHAPTER FOUR Burghölzli; CHAPTER FIVE The first meetings between Freud and staff from the Burghölzli Clinic; CHAPTER SIX A private practice and the first psychoanalytic conflict; CHAPTER SEVEN Psychoanalysis in Berlin; CHAPTER EIGHT Segantini and depression; CHAPTER NINE A meeting with Fließ, family life, and the failed Habilitation; CHAPTER TEN Akhenaten

CHAPTER ELEVEN The secret committeeCHAPTER TWELVE An unhappy writer, scopophilia, and other peculiarities; CHAPTER THIRTEEN The First World War; CHAPTER FOURTEEN A great turnaround; CHAPTER FIFTEEN Creation of a theory about early childhood and ejaculatio praecox; CHAPTER SIXTEEN The final war years in Allenstein; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN The congress in Budapest of 1918; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Germany in chaos, yet the creation of a psychoanalytic polyclinic in Berlin goes ahead; CHAPTER NINETEEN The congress in The Hague from 8 to 11 September 1920

CHAPTER TWENTY The issue of lay analysis and Abraham in a tight cornerCHAPTER TWENTY-ONE Psychoanalysis flourishes in Berlin; CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO Unrest in Germany and a successful congress in Berlin; CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE Young talent pours in; CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR Psychoanalytic techniques and Helene Deutsch; CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE Innovative work; CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX The conflict surrounding Rank and the disintegration of the committee; CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN Melanie Klein and fellow analysands; CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT Abraham's death; CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE Upheaval; Afterword; SOURCES; INTERVIEWS

NOTESREFERENCES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 17, 2016).

ISBN:

9780429915390

042991539X

9780429901164

042990116X

9780429476396

0429476396

9781782414629

1782414622

OCLC:

1029244773