Unfree Associations: Inside Psychoanalytic Institutes
Douglas Kirsner
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Douglas Kirsner
Abstract
Examines the decline and crisis of psychoanalysis and the crucial role psychoanalysts have played through their own institutions. The thesis reveals the detailed inner political histories of the New York Psychoanalytic Institute, the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, the Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute and the Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society.
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Examines the decline and crisis of psychoanalysis and the crucial role psychoanalysts have played through their own institutions. The thesis reveals the detailed inner political histories of the New York Psychoanalytic Institute, the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, the Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute and the Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society.
Key concepts: Psychoanalytic theory, Politics, Psychoanalysis, Sociology, Psychology, Political science, Law