John C. Burnham (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- March 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226081373
- eISBN:
- 9780226081397
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226081397.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, History of Ideas
From August 29 to September 21, 1909, Sigmund Freud visited the United States, where he gave five lectures at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. This book brings together historians of ...
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From August 29 to September 21, 1909, Sigmund Freud visited the United States, where he gave five lectures at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. This book brings together historians of psychoanalysis and of American culture to consider the broad history of psychoanalysis in America and to reflect on what has happened to Freud's legacy in the United States in the century since his visit. There has been a flood of recent scholarship on Freud's life and on the European and world history of psychoanalysis, but historians have produced relatively little on the proliferation of psychoanalytic thinking in the United States, where Freud's work had significant intellectual and social impact. The book provides readers with insights and perspectives to help them understand the uniqueness of Americans' psychoanalytic thinking, as well as the forms in which the legacy of Freud remains active in the United States in the twenty-first century.Less
From August 29 to September 21, 1909, Sigmund Freud visited the United States, where he gave five lectures at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts. This book brings together historians of psychoanalysis and of American culture to consider the broad history of psychoanalysis in America and to reflect on what has happened to Freud's legacy in the United States in the century since his visit. There has been a flood of recent scholarship on Freud's life and on the European and world history of psychoanalysis, but historians have produced relatively little on the proliferation of psychoanalytic thinking in the United States, where Freud's work had significant intellectual and social impact. The book provides readers with insights and perspectives to help them understand the uniqueness of Americans' psychoanalytic thinking, as well as the forms in which the legacy of Freud remains active in the United States in the twenty-first century.
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- March 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226081373
- eISBN:
- 9780226081397
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226081397.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, History of Ideas
Part I of this book describes Sigmund Freud's visit to America in 1909 and reviews how psychoanalytic practices and ideas spread in the four decades that followed, concentrating on practitioners, ...
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Part I of this book describes Sigmund Freud's visit to America in 1909 and reviews how psychoanalytic practices and ideas spread in the four decades that followed, concentrating on practitioners, those who constituted the front ranks of the formal psychoanalytic movement. The process of transnationalizing is reported, of which the transfer of psychoanalysis to the United States is a spectacular historical example. The significance of local settings and events is shown, as is demonstrated by the transfer of local groups of practitioners from Europe to new localities in the United States in the face of Nazi persecution. Furthermore, it is observed that Freud's impact and legacy influenced the institutions of mental healing.Less
Part I of this book describes Sigmund Freud's visit to America in 1909 and reviews how psychoanalytic practices and ideas spread in the four decades that followed, concentrating on practitioners, those who constituted the front ranks of the formal psychoanalytic movement. The process of transnationalizing is reported, of which the transfer of psychoanalysis to the United States is a spectacular historical example. The significance of local settings and events is shown, as is demonstrated by the transfer of local groups of practitioners from Europe to new localities in the United States in the face of Nazi persecution. Furthermore, it is observed that Freud's impact and legacy influenced the institutions of mental healing.
George Makari
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- March 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226081373
- eISBN:
- 9780226081397
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226081397.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, History of Ideas
This chapter employs details of what happened in New York to evoke the individual and institutional events that were so fateful for the general history of psychoanalysis in the United States, ...
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This chapter employs details of what happened in New York to evoke the individual and institutional events that were so fateful for the general history of psychoanalysis in the United States, suggesting the personal costs and tragedy involved when established European figures had to adjust to their new professional and social environment. The New York Psychoanalytic Society, the main center of psychoanalysis in America, had once recruited Sándor Radó to bring weight to their fledgling institute and now had at its disposal a depth of experience. The American Psychoanalytic Association transformed itself from a loosely knit federation into a central power that policed standards throughout the country. Sigmund Freud's 1909 visit to Clark University helped promote the growth of the earliest American brand of Freudianism.Less
This chapter employs details of what happened in New York to evoke the individual and institutional events that were so fateful for the general history of psychoanalysis in the United States, suggesting the personal costs and tragedy involved when established European figures had to adjust to their new professional and social environment. The New York Psychoanalytic Society, the main center of psychoanalysis in America, had once recruited Sándor Radó to bring weight to their fledgling institute and now had at its disposal a depth of experience. The American Psychoanalytic Association transformed itself from a loosely knit federation into a central power that policed standards throughout the country. Sigmund Freud's 1909 visit to Clark University helped promote the growth of the earliest American brand of Freudianism.
