Sabina Spielrein

The Essential Writings of Sabina Spielrein (eBook, ePUB)

Pioneer of Psychoanalysis
Redaktion: Cape, Ruth I.; Burt, Raymond

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Sabina Spielrein's writings explore the burning topics in the early days of psychoanalysis while providing insight into the culture of the time and her own personal struggles. After a comprehensive historical and biographical introduction to Spielrein by John Launer, The Essential Writings of Sabina Spielrein: Pioneer of Psychoanalysis presents full-length English translations of her first three and most essential writings, offering deep insight into her brilliant and pioneering mind:

• The first unabridged English rendition of her medical dissertation of 1911, entitled "On the Psychological Content of a Case of Schizophrenia (Dementia Praecox)", with an afterword by Adrienne Harris



• A new, improved English translation of Spielrein's seminal essay of 1912, "Destruction as the Cause of Becoming"



• A faithful English rendition of her 1913 essay "Contributions to Understanding a Child's Mind"

The Essential Writings of Sabina Spielrein: Pioneer of Psychoanalysis presents a rich source of materials and inspiration to psychoanalysts, psychoanalytic psychotherapists and analytical psychologists, as well as scholars in the humanities and the behavioral sciences.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. August 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429892721
• Artikelnr.: 54671535

Autorenporträt

Ruth I. Cape is Associate Professor of German at Austin College in Sherman, Texas. After doctoral studies in history, she received a doctoral degree in German from the University of California, Los Angeles. She has published several bilingual and annotated editions of historical documents.



Raymond Burt is Professor of German at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. He completed his doctoral work in German at the University of California, Los Angeles. His research and publications focus on fin-de-Siècle Vienna, in particular the writings of Friedrich S. Krauss, a controversial folklorist in the Freudian circle.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction by John Launer
On the Psychological Content of a Case of Schizophrenia (Dementia Praecox)
(1911)
Introduction
Anamnesis (From the Medical History)
The Present State [Status Praesens]
I. "Catholicization"
II. "Psychological-Sistine Experiments"
III. "Histology and its Treatment"
IV. "The Industrial or Economic Question"
V. "Poetry of the Tropics and Water Symbolism"
VI. "Iron, Fire, War"
VII. "Poverty Complex and Garment Symbolism"
VIII. "Discourses from the Medical History"
IX. "Childhood Impressions, Transformation Ideas, Dreams"
Conclusion
Afterword by Adrienne E. Harris
Destruction as the Cause of Becoming (1912)
I. Biological Facts
II. Individual Psychological Observations
III. Life and Death in Mythology
Contributions to Understanding a Child's Mind (1913)
1. Analysis of a Girl
2. Analysis of a Boy
3. Analysis of a Boy