The Third Annual History and Theory Lecture: “Psychoanalysis and History” Joan Wallach Scott, Institute for Advanced Study Commentator: Ben Kafka, New York University Monday,… Read more Lecture – Joan Wallach Scott: “Psychoanalysis and History”
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Book Review – Mitchell G. Ash (ed.): Psychoanalyse in totalitären und autoritären Regimen (Frankfurt a. M. 2010)
By Uffa Jensen “Psychoanalysis in totalitarian and authoritarian regimes” In political terms, Freud’s view of his creation – psychoanalysis –… Read more Book Review – Mitchell G. Ash (ed.): Psychoanalyse in totalitären und autoritären Regimen (Frankfurt a. M. 2010)
Film Review – The King’s Speech: A talking cure for the stiff upper lip
By Annemone Ligensa In 1865, in an American newspaper, the English journalist George Augustus Sala wrote about his countrymen: “Some… Read more Film Review – The King’s Speech: A talking cure for the stiff upper lip
Book Review – Siri Hustvedt. The Shaking Woman, or A History of My Nerves (Picador 2010)
By Mikhal Dekel Siri Hustvedt begins to shake uncontrollably when she delivers a talk in honor of her father two… Read more Book Review – Siri Hustvedt. The Shaking Woman, or A History of My Nerves (Picador 2010)
Review – Transnational Psychiatries: Social and Cultural Histories of Psychiatry in Comparative Perspective c. 1800-2000. Editors: Waltraud Ernst and Thomas Mueller (Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010)
By Yumi Kim Rallying cries for more comparative and transnational histories have resounded for the past two decades. Even so,… Read more Review – Transnational Psychiatries: Social and Cultural Histories of Psychiatry in Comparative Perspective c. 1800-2000. Editors: Waltraud Ernst and Thomas Mueller (Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2010)
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