Pierri Maria - Sigmund Freud And The Forsyth Case Coincidences And Thought - Transmission In Psychoanalysis - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Sigmund Freud and The Forsyth Case uses newly discovered primary sources to investigate one of Sigmund Freud's most mysterious clinical experiences the Forsyth case. The book details Pierri's attempts to recover the lost original case notes which are published here for the first time to identify the patient involved and to set the case into the broader frame of Freud's work. Maria Pierri begins with a preliminary illustration of the case its historical context and how it connects to Freud's interests in "thought - transmission " or telepathy. The author illustrates the possibility of a psychoanalytic interpretation of the transference and countertransference elements potentially conveyed by certain "magical" coincidences during the analysis introducing the reader to a psychopathology of everyday life of the setting. The book also explores Freud's further investigations into thought transmission focusing on a meeting of the Secret Committee in October 1919 and his clinical work with his own daughter Anna. Sigmund Freud and The Forsyth Case features supplementary historical materials adding valuable insight to the context and meaning of the case. It will be essential reading for psychoanalysts in practice and in training as well as academics and scholars of psychoanalytic studies spirituality and the history of psychology. It is complemented by Occultism and the Origins of Psychoanalysis: Freud Ferenczi and the Challenge of Thought Transference.
Title: Sigmund Freud And The Forsyth Case Coincidences And Thought - Transmission In Psychoanalysis
Author(s): Pierri Maria
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Barcode: 9781032159584
Pages: 282 Pages
Publication Date: 11/30/2022
Series: The History of Psychoanalysis Series
Category: Mathematical Theory Of Computation