Ferenczi and His World

by Szekacs-Weisz, Judit; Keve, Tom

• ISBN13: 9781780490205
• ISBN10: 1780490208
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-03-31
• Publisher: Karnac Books

Summary

This volume honors Sandor Ferenczi, a central character in the birth of psychoanalysis, whose warm and passionate personality, ideas, and teachings permeate his world and his work, shaping psychoanalytical thinking of generations.

Author Biography

Judit Szekacs-Weisz is a bilingual psychoanalyst and psychotherapist belonging to the Group of Independent Psychoanalysts, and a training analyst of the Hungarian Psychoanalytical Society. Tom Keve had an active career in scientific research and industry, and since retiring, has become an author, with a special interest in the history of science and the history of psychoanalysis.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vii
About the Editors and Contributors	p. ix
Series Editor's Foreword	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xxi
Ferenczi remembered	p. 1
Sandor Ferenczi the man	p. 31
Some social and political issues related to Ferenczi and the Hungarian school	p. 39
Ferenczi in context	p. 55
Ferenczi now and then: an introduction to his world	p. 69
Healing boredom: Ferenczi and his circle of literary friends	p. 87
Ferenczi and Ortvay: two boys from Miskolc	p. 97
Ferenczi and trauma: a perilous journey to the labyrinth	p. 111
Regression post-Ferenczi	p. 129
Imre Hermann: researching psyche and space	p. 139
Physics, metaphysics, and psychoanalysis	p. 157
Index	p. 179
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