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FEMALE SEXUALITY, Marie Bonaparte—A study of the various biological, physiological
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READING BETWEEN THE LINES, Lucille Hollander Blum—An exploration of doctor-patient
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EGO AND BODY EGO, Robert Fliess—Ego and body ego as defense mechanisms to
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MANNERISMS OF SPEECH AND GESTURES IN EVERYDAY LIFE, Sandor Feldman-How
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THE PSYCHOLOGY OF GAMBLING, Edmund Bergler—A study of the compulsive
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THE FAMILY AND HUMAN ADAPTATION, Theodore Lidz—A rich mosaic of fresh insights
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CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY
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PARENT GUIDANCE IN THE NURSERY SCHOOL, Margarete Ruben-How to promote
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HISTORY OF RUSSIAN PHILOSOPHY, Nicholas O. Lossky-An interpretation of Russian
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THE MAGIC BACKGROUND OF MODERN ANTI-SEMITISM, Adolph Leschnitzer-An analy
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THE NEED TO BELIEVE, Mortimer Ostow and Ben-Ami Scharfstein—The psychology of
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THE
PSYCHO-ANALYTIC
READER
An Anthology of Essential Papers with
Critical Introductions
EDITED BY
ROBERT FLIESS, M.D.
INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITIES PRESS, Inc.
NEW YORK NEW YORK
Copyright 1948, by Robert Fliess, M. D.
Second Paperback Printing 1*969
Third Paperback Printing 1973 *
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TO THE STUDENT OF PSYCHO-ANALYSIS
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CONTENTS
Foreword Page ix
PART I
CLINICAL
NEUROSES
On Transvestism Otto Fenichel 5
The Fetishist and his Ego S. M. Payne 21
PSYCHOSES
On the Origin of the “Influencing
Machine” in Schizophrenia Victor Tausk 31
A Supplement to Freud’s “History
of an Infantile Neurosis” Ruth M. Brunswick 65
CHARACTEROLOGY
On Character Analysis Wilhelm Reich 106
The Genital Character and the
Neurotic Character Wilhelm Reich 124
Character Formation and the
Phobias of Childhood Wilhelm Reich 145
PART II
THEORY
FEMALE AND PRECEDIPAL SEXUALITY
A Historical Survey 159
The Psychology of Woman in Re
lation to the Functions of Repro
duction Helene Deutsch 165
The Evolution of the (Edipus Com
plex in Women J. Lampl-de Groot 180
The Significance of Masochism in
the Mental Life of Women Helene Deutsch 195
On Female Homosexuality Helene Deutsch 208
The Preoedipal Phase of the Libido
Development Ruth M. Brunswick 231
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Further Papers on Female Sexuality Page 253
An Ontogenetic Table R. F. 254
PART III
MISCELLANEOUS
The “Doctor Game”, Illness, and
the Profession of Medicine Ernst Simmel 259
An Examination of Metaphor Ella F. Sharpe 273
PART IV
UNCOLLECTED PAPERS BY KARL ABRAHAM
Shall we have the Patients Write Down Their Dreams? 291
On Parapraxes with an Overcompensating Tendency 294
Father-Murder and Father-Rescue in the Fantasies of
Neurotics 299
Two Contributions to the Study of Symbols 307
Observations on Ferenczi’s Paper on “Sunday Neuroses” 312
The History of an Impostor in the Light of Psycho
analytic Knowledge 3^
part v
REFERENCES BY FREUD
Franz Alexander: Dreams in Pairs 33^
Joseph Eisler: The Hermes Motif in Dreams 343
The Labyrinth 34^
E. H. Erlenmeyer: On the Taming of Fire 348
Paul Federn: On Dreams of Flying 352
Theodor Reik: On the Dream Symbolism of the Cloak 356
