Freud, V. 2: Appraisals and Reappraisals

221 Pages·1987·3.3 MB·English

by  Paul E. Stepansky

FREUD
Appraisals and Reappraisals
C o n t r i b u t i o ns to Freud Studies
V o l u me 2
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FREUD
Appraisals and Reappraisals
Contributions to Freud Studies
Volume 2
EDITED BY
PAUL E. STEPANSKY
First published 1988 by
The Analytic Press
This edition published 2014 by Routledge
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Main entry under title:
Freud, appraisals and reappraisals.
Includes bibliographies and index.
1. Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939. 2. Psychoanalysis.
1. Stepansky, Paul E.
BF173.F85F727 1986 150.19'52 85-22814
ISSN 0892-8177
ISBN 0-88163-038-1 (v. 1)
ISBN 0-88163-065-9 (v. 2)
ISBN 0-88163-074-8 (v. 3)
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Vll
CONTRIBUTORS ix
EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION: PATHWAYS TO FREUD'S
IDENTITY xi
Major Essays
Disappointment and the Ability to Mourn:
De-Idealization as a Psychological Theme
in Freud's Life, Thought, and Social Circumstance,
1906-1914 3
—Peter Homans
Freud as Fictionalist:
The Imaginary Worlds of Psychoanalysis 103
—Richard E. Geha
Brief Contribution
The Myth of Freud as Anti-philosopher 163
—Patrici a Herzog
INDEX 191
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Acknowledgments
Special thanks to Eleanor Starke Kobrin for skillful line editing of
the papers comprising Volume 2 of Freud: Appraisals and Reap
praisals and for seeing the volume through production with her
usual competence and good cheer. My wife, Deane Rand Stepansky,
and my sons, Michael David Stepansky and Jonathan Peter Step-
ansky, collectively provided the sustaining environment in which
my work on this series could go forward. To them, as always, my
heartfelt gratitude.
—PES
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Contributors
RICHARD E. GEHA, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and psycho
analyst in private practice. He is a graduate and member of the
Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research (New York),
where he has served on the faculty. He also holds an M.A. in
English literature. In 1984 a double issue of the journal Interna
tional Forum for Psychoanalysis (volume 1, numbers 3 & 4) was
devoted to Dr. Geha's paper, "On Psychoanalytic History and the
'Real' Story of Fictitious Lives," and a series of commentaries. He
continues to develop his fictional viewpoint in ongoing projects.
PATRICIA HERZOG, Ph.D. received her doctorate in philosophy
from Harvard University in 1983. She is currently revising her
dissertation, Conscious and Unconscious, for inclusion in the Psy
chological Issues monograph series. Her research interests center on
the conceptual framework of Freud's theory of mind.
PETER HOMANS, Ph.D. teaches at the University of Chicago,
where he is both Professor of Social Sciences in the College and a
faculty member of the Divinity School. His research and writing
center on psychoanalytic subjects and contemporary culture. He has
written books on Freud, Erikson, and Jung. His most recent work,
Jung in Context: Modernity and the Making of a Psychology (1979),
has been translated into Italian and Japanese.
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