Paul Roazen Livres

Paul Roazen's study of Sigmund Freud and his complex relationships with the men and women who formed his circle is widely recognized as the best portrait of Freud and his world, and it focuses as much on the human dramas involved as on the ideas the participants developed. Here, around the master, are the disciples Alfred Adler, Wilhelm Stekel, Carl Jung, and Otto Rank, who broke away to found their own movements; the loyalists such as Karl Abraham and Sandor Ferenczi; the great woman therapists, including Helene Deutsch, Melanie Klein, and Anna Freud; as well as such younger students as Wilhelm Reich, Erik Erikson, and Erich Fromm. Roazen draws on several hundred interviews with more than 70 people who knew Freud, as well as the unreleased papers of his authorized biographer, Ernest Jones.

To anyone interested in the history of Freudian psychoanalysis, the work of Paul Roazen is well known. Over the past twenty years he has written and edited numerous books in the field, including major biographies of Erik Erikson and Helene Deutsch. In this new book Roazen reaches back to the beginning of his career in the 1960s, when he interviewed more than seventy people who had known Sigmund Freud personally, among them nearly a dozen members of Freud's family. These included three of Freud's children--Oliver, Mathilda, and Anna--and several in-laws, nieces, nephews, and grandchildren. Roazen also met with many members of Freud's "other" family--the men and women who became part of the psychoanalytic movement and regarded Freud as their mentor and patriarch. The detailed notes Roazen took during these interviews provide the basis for this book, which offers fresh insights and information about Freud and Freudianism. Roazen recounts, for example, the story of his discovery that Anna Freud had been psychoanalyzed by her father, and he explores the strained relations between Freud and his various natural and intellectual progeny. Part personal reminiscence, part historical analysis, Meeting Freud's Family examines the points of intersection in Freud's life and thought. In so doing, it enriches our understanding and demystifies the legacy of one of the most influential figures of the modern age.

It has been generally agreed that political theory is made up of a great conversation, a sequence of arguments that have been going on for over 2,000 years among the giants of intellectual life. This overview of historical developments in psychoanalysis and their relationships with political philosophy looks at the contribution made by various sages and philosophers to political debate. The originality of the book lies in its inclusion not just of philosophers and political theorists, but also of psychoanalysis, as a way of establishing how rich a contribution psychoanalysis can make to political theory. The book is in three parts. It starts with the philosophical and social thought of Mill, Nietzsche, and Dostoevsky, and then after an analysis of Freud's power, looks at Fromm, Erikson, and Bettelheim, where the writing takes on a more personal tone. The aim of the book is, as Nathan M. Szajnberg observes, to "return psychoanalytic thinking and discourse to the aim of building better communities and societies that foster autonomy and the capacity for enjoyment, balanced by a commitment to intimacy and community."

An examination of the work that Freud did with his patients. This work presents analyses of interviews with ten of Freud's patients, in an attempt to find some answer to the controversy surrounding the kind of therapist Freud was.

This work will be valuable to psychoanalysts and the broader intellectual community seeking to understand the significant shifts in opinion stemming from Freud's contributions. Freud's legacy remains fiercely debated, with his ideas continuing to influence contemporary moral and ethical discussions. Transitioning from the historical context of psychoanalysis to a scholarly examination poses challenges, as there is limited effort to analyze Freud and his followers within intellectual history. Despite psychiatry's evolving direction, Freud's perspectives still draw interest in regions previously untouched by psychoanalysis. Clarifying the strengths and limitations of his approach is essential. The author begins by exploring Freud's personality and reassessing earlier work on Freud and his followers. He analyzes "Freud Studies," appraisals, and correspondence between Freud and key figures, including Silberstein and Jones. Interviews with notable individuals such as Michael Balint and Donald W. Winnicott further enrich the narrative. The book also investigates Freud's reception in various countries and reviews literature on psychoanalysis's history. New documents reveal fresh interpretations and historical evidence, making this meticulously constructed work relevant to psychoanalysts, intellectual historians, and those interested in the evolution of ideas.

A major figure among pre-World War I psychoanalysts, Victor Tausk was perhaps Slgmund Freud's most brilliant pupil—"the most prominently out­standing" in the opinion of Lou Andreas-Salome. Tausk craved recognition for the originality of his work, and a fierce rivalry developed between pupil and mentor. Tausk, who felt a deep and neurotic dependence on Freud, was totally consumed in the struggle. Freud's final rejection of his follower, and the particularly unfortunate manner in which it was carried out, was followed by Tausk's bizarre suicide—and by an official silence that has all but obliterated his name from the annals of psychoanalysis. Arthur Koestler called Brother Animal "A very important and original contribution to the history of the psychoanalytic movement and beyond that to the history of ideas," and Maxwell Geismar said it was "the best treatment of Freud and that remarkable group of his original disciples that 1 have read. It reads as if Mr. Roazen was right there at the time, inside the inner circle."

Sigmund Freud envisioned psychoanalysis as a significant contributor to human thought, yet his writings are seldom examined through the lens of political philosophy. Political theorists can discover a wealth of ideas within Freud's school, engaging in the ongoing dialogue about the goals of a just society and the nature of a fully developed individual. In his new introduction to this classic text, Paul Roazen argues that Freud's relevance has grown since the 1960s, influencing our understanding of character and human impulses. The impact of Freud's ideas extends to privacy, with political candidates now leveraging intimate details from personal lives for public manipulation. Despite this, political scientists often hesitate to explore the psychological dimensions of political events. Roazen emphasizes the importance of not reducing politics to psychoanalysis or overstating psychological frameworks in political discourse. By integrating psychology and politics, he challenges narrow perspectives and advocates for a more interdisciplinary approach. While not a proponent of psychoanalysis, Roazen acknowledges that analysts can benefit from social science insights. This volume demonstrates that effective political theory must be inherently interdisciplinary, appealing to intellectual historians, psychoanalysts, and political theorists alike.

Discusses all of the famous psychologist's writings and views, his contributions to psychoanalytic theory and practice, and the current controversy about his own personal identity

La iniciativa de esta aventura científica y editorial que supone publicar la Revista Iberoamericana de Diagnóstico y Evaluación Psicológica surgió del encuentro en Madrid en el año 1992 de un grupo de profesores universitarios relacionados con el ámbito plural del diagnóstico y la evaluación psicológica, procedentes de distintas ciudades de la geografía iberoamericana. A partir de ahí, apareció una publicación que en cada uno de sus números incluye trabajos de revisión sobre el estado actual de un área determinada y los avances que en ella se producen, nuevos instrumentos de evaluación adecuados a las culturas ibérica y americana, estudios de casos realizados por diferentes especialistas, secciones dedicadas a la revisión de publicaciones y avances de convocatorias. De este modo, profesionales, académicos e investigadores podrán encontrar en la revista, editada en lengua castellana y portuguesa, una gran variedad de temáticas: desde teorías y modelos de diagnóstico y evaluación, hasta propuestas metodológicas y técnicas, pasando por las posibilidades de evaluación de las distintas etapas del ciclo vital, la evaluación de programas en intervenciones, y las evaluaciones en epidemiología, psicología comunitaria y ambiental, y psicología social y cultural