1st Edition

The Cut and the Building of Psychoanalysis, Volume I Sigmund Freud and Emma Eckstein

By Carlo Bonomi Copyright 2015
288 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

288 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

288 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This volume presents a fresh perspective and new narrative of the origins of psychoanalysis, taking into account social, cultural and contemporary relational views. Exploring Freud’s unconscious communication and identification with his patients, Emma Eckstein in particular, the book sheds new light on the logic which informed a number of events central to Freud’s self-analysis, and the theories... Read more

Introduction  Part 1: The Medical Context   The Castration of Women and Girls.  Between Body and Psyche: The Nerves.  Part 2: Withstanding Trauma  A Gynecological Scandal.  The Significance of Emma Eckstein's Circumcision to Freud's Irma Dream.  Part 3: Topography of a Split  The Saviour of Children.  The Cornerstone.  A Bisexual Monster.  The Crossroad.  The Witch Metapsychology.  The Fatal Skin.

Biography

Carlo Bonomi Ph.D., is supervising analyst at the Harry Stack Sullivan Institute of Psychoanalysis, Florence, Italy, and a Faculty member of the Postgraduate School of Psychotherapy of the same institute. He has taught History of Psychology and Dynamic Psychology at the State University of Florence and is a former President of the Centre for Historical Studies of Psychoanalysis and Psychiatry. He is also Founding President of the Sándor Ferenczi Cultural Association.