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When Otto Fenichel died suddenly at age 48, Anna Freud mourned the
loss of "his inexhaustible knowledge of psychoanalysis and his
inimitable way of organizing and presenting his facts." These
qualities shine in his classic text, which has been a beacon to
generations of psychoanalysts. Investigating the relationship
between biological needs and external influences the tensions and
inhibitions that nurture neuroses Fenichel concludes that "neuroses
are social diseases," arising from the demands of civilization on
the developing organism. For this 50th anniversary edition,
distinguished psychoanalyst Leo Rangell has written an introduction
to set the context of Fenichel's work and an epilogue to describe
its influence."
Routledge is now re-issuing this prestigious series of 204 volumes
originally published between 1910 and 1965. The titles include
works by key figures such asC.G. Jung, Sigmund Freud, Jean Piaget,
Otto Rank, James Hillman, Erich Fromm, Karen Horney and Susan
Isaacs. Each volume is available on its own, as part of a themed
mini-set, or as part of a specially-priced 204-volume set. A
brochure listing each title in the "International Library of
Psychology" series is available upon request.
This is a text-book of a branch of psychoanalysis, namely, the
theory of special neuroses. It is designed primarily for the
beginner in psychoanalysis, who might wish to consult a "Pathology"
to look up the illness he happens to be treating.
A comprehensive presentation of the dynamics of neurosis, with
valuable clinical material and a discussion of treatment;
translated from the German. The wealth of clinical and theoretical
data which psychoanalysis has been gathering for almost forty years
as yet awaits an adequate systematization. A number of summaries
and more or less complete systematic reviews of the field of
psychoanalysis have been attempted and a number of them, of greater
or less value, have been published with either the specialist or
the general medical or or lay public in mind. Dr. Fenichel's
Outline is not one of these attempts. It is rather a systematized
and almost impersonal presentation of clinical data which
psychoanalysis has collected in the course of almost forty years
and Dr. Fenichel frankly sacrifices simplified clarity to
systematic completeness. The clinician will find it a very useful
reference book; the general medical reader or the psychologist will
find it to be a plain statement of fact made without prejudice or
special preference to any of the variety of currents in present day
psychoanalytical thought. It is the first outline of what the
psychoanalytical trends are in the field of clinical work, leaving
out the controversial attitudes which are always to be found in a
living scientific discipline that has not yet become dogmatized.
The Psychoanalytic Theory of Neurosis, Fenichel's classic text,
summarized the first half century of psychoanalytic investigation
into psychopathology and presented a general psychoanalytic theory
of neurosis. When Otto Fenichel died, Anna Freud mourned the loss
of 'his inexhaustible knowledge of psychoanalysis and his
inimitable way of organizing and presenting his facts'. These
qualities shine through The Psychoanalytic Theory of Neurosis which
has been a standard reference for generations of psychoanalysts.
For this anniversary edition, Leo Rangell has written an
introduction that sets Fenichel's work in context. He sees Fenichel
as a worthy heir to Freud; both men influenced their followers by
what Rangell calls 'the charisma of ideas'. In his epilogue,
Rangell describes the fate of Fenichel's ideas and of this book as
'a barometer of the place of psychoanalysis ... within the external
intellectual world and, even more significantly, of the trends and
shifting winds of opinion within the psychoanalytic field itself'.
He traces those trends through the turbulent controversies of the
field, concluding that Fenichel's observations are as fresh and
relevant today as they were fifty years ago.
Routledge is now re-issuing this prestigious series of 204 volumes
originally published between 1910 and 1965. The titles include
works by key figures such asC.G. Jung, Sigmund Freud, Jean Piaget,
Otto Rank, James Hillman, Erich Fromm, Karen Horney and Susan
Isaacs. Each volume is available on its own, as part of a themed
mini-set, or as part of a specially-priced 204-volume set. A
brochure listing each title in the "International Library of
Psychology" series is available upon request.
The Psychoanalytic Theory of Neurosis, Fenichel's classic text,
summarized the first half century of psychoanalytic investigation
into psychopathology and presented a general psychoanalytic theory
of neurosis. When Otto Fenichel died, Anna Freud mourned the loss
of 'his inexhaustible knowledge of psychoanalysis and his
inimitable way of organizing and presenting his facts'. These
qualities shine through The Psychoanalytic Theory of Neurosis which
has been a standard reference for generations of psychoanalysts.
For this anniversary edition, Leo Rangell has written an
introduction that sets Fenichel's work in context. He sees Fenichel
as a worthy heir to Freud; both men influenced their followers by
what Rangell calls 'the charisma of ideas'. In his epilogue,
Rangell describes the fate of Fenichel's ideas and of this book as
'a barometer of the place of psychoanalysis ... within the external
intellectual world and, even more significantly, of the trends and
shifting winds of opinion within the psychoanalytic field itself'.
He traces those trends through the turbulent controversies of the
field, concluding that Fenichel's observations are as fresh and
relevant today as they were fifty years ago.
Otto Fenichel's highly significant essays explore many subjects
that were only touched on in his books. Many of these discussions,
present-day classics in their fields, are comprehensive monographs
in themselves. Often so much is brought to bear on the central
topic from so many sources, and then related so clearly to the
context, that these essays become works of reference for a much
larger field. It is a contribution of the greatest value to
preserve and make conveniently available so much that is intensely
useful from the life work of this remarkable man.
These significant essays, as Dr. Bertram D. Lewin says in his
introduction to the First Series, explore many subjects that were
only touched on in his books. Many of these discussions,
present-day classics in their fields, are comprehensive monographs
in themselves. Often so much is brought to bear on the central
topics from so many sources, and then related so clearly to the
context, that these essays become works of reference for a much
larger field. A book is greatly to be welcomed that preserves and
makes conveniently available so much that is intensely useful from
the life work of this remarkable man. The papers forming this
volume have been collected and edited by Dr. Hanna Fenichel and Dr.
David Rapaport. Papers not heretofore published in English have
been especially translated for this book by Jame and Alix Strachey.
His highly significant essays explore many subjects that were only
touched on in his books. Many of these discussions, present-day
classics in their fields, are comprehensive monographs in
themselves. Often so much is brought to bear on the central topic
from so many sources, and then related so clearly to the context,
that these essays become works of reference for a much larger
field. It is a contribution of the greatest value to preserve and
make conveniently available so much that is intensely useful from
the life work of this remarkable man.The papers forming this volume
are those that were written between the years 1922 and 1936. A
Second Series, containing papers written from 1936 to 1946, is also
available. The papers have been collected and edited by Dr. Hanna
Fenichel and Dr. David Rapaport. Papers not heretofore published in
English have been especially translated for this work by James and
Alix Strachey.
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