The History and Practice of Psychanalysis (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Poul Bjerre

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1330582721 ISBN 13: 9781330582725

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from The History and Practice of Psychanalysis

After the historical introduction, I took hold of something that more nearly appealed to me - name ly the revision of the material gathered during prao tice, from that new standpoint at which I had ar rived. First of all this meant attempt to give the enduring fundamental idea that firm and monu mental form the idea must have, if from its height one is to survey anything so extensive as the phe nomena of mental disease. I was confronted here. With a task that was of a philosophical or purely religious nature, rather than a medical one.

One thing strikes one forcibly in modern psycho' therapy. It investigates not alone as science the dif ferent forms in which spiritual decay comes to the surface in anxiety-states, insanity, etc.; but as therapy too, it attempts to help man overcome that spiritual death and reach harmonious security on the other side of it. It should then be clear that its whole activity circles about the idea of spiritual death; but what strikes one is that instead of domi nating the scientific literature, this idea has disap peared from it. This is the more surprising since every unprejudiced observer must at once be aware of this inner struggle between life and death, as soon as he comes into contact with this class of patients. It may be reflected in different ways, but putting aside contingent details, the same essentials are al ways met with. As a rule, too, it is the more obvious because most patients come for treatment just when they are on the point of succumbing to life's negative forces.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1330582721
• ISBN 13: 9781330582725
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 353