The Self-Marginalization of Wilhelm Stekel Freudian Circles Inside and Out /

• Main Authors: Bos, Jaap (Author), Groenendijk, Leendert (Author), Sturm, Johan (Author), Roazen, Paul (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2007.
• Subjects: Psychology.; History.; Philosophy and science.; Clinical psychology.; History of Psychology.; Clinical Psychology.; Philosophy of Science.; History, general.

As both an early disciple of and influence on Freud, Wilhelm Stekel enjoyed a unique position within the analytic movement. More recently, he has been notable more for his ostracism from Freud’s sphere and little else. The Self-Marginalization of Wilhelm Stekel brings a fresh perspective on Stekel,...

Table of Contents:

• Marginalization through psychoanalysis: An introduction
• A silent antipode: The making and breaking of psychoanalyst Wilhelm Stekel
• Masturbation and neurasthenia: Freud and Stekel in debate on the harmful effects of auto-erotism
• Curing society by better education: Wilhelm Stekel on parental influences in the causation and prevention of compulsion neuroses
• The art of imitation: Wilhelm Stekel's Lehrjahre
• Marginal historiography: On Stekel's account of things
• Evidence of estrangement: Notes on the Stekel-Freud correspondence
• On the history of the analytical movement Stekel
• The Stekel-Freud correspondence.