1st Edition
Mutual Analysis Ferenczi, Severn, and the Origins of Trauma Theory
Prelude: Ferenczi’s Secret Life PART 1: Conceptions 1. Traces of a Life 2. The Metaphysical Calling 3. Much Farther Than Freudianism 4. The Psychoanalytic Severn 5. The Case of Ferenczi 6. Mother and Daughter PART 2: Contexts 7. Polygamous Analysis 8. The End of the Affair 9. Ferenczi’s Sanity and the “Blood-Crisis” 10. Kissing Papa Ferenczi 11. Beyond Groddeck 12. The Evil Genius PART 3: Consequences 13. For No Assignable External Reason 14. Roux’s Needle 15. The Antitraumatic in Freud 16. New Veins of Gold Finale: A Whole Soul
Biography
Peter L. Rudnytsky is Professor of English at the University of Florida and Head of the Department of Academic and Professional Affairs as well as Chair of the Committee on Confidentiality of the American Psychoanalytic Association. Coeditor of the History of Psychoanalysis series for Routledge and the Psychoanalytic Horizons series for Bloomsbury, he has edited Severn’s The Discovery of the Self in the Relational Perspectives series and received the Gradiva Award for Reading Psychoanalysis: Freud, Rank, Ferenczi, Groddeck.
"Peter Rudnytsky is not only our best scholar (i.e. thorough in reading, meticulous in research, and innovative in interpretation), he is the most enjoyable as well. His writing style is a seamless blend of historical documentation, behind-the-scenes glimpses of our pioneers, theoretical argument, juicy trivia, lament, and unexpected revelations. Unmasking the personal determinants of puzzling impasses and impressive advances in the theoretical evolution of our field, Rudnytsky dazzles us with his investigative zeal."
—Salman Akhtar, International Journal of Psychoanalysis, Professor of Psychiatry, Jefferson Medical College, and Training and Supervising Analyst, Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia
