Psychoanalysis the Promised Land?

The book presents the birth of the psychoanalytical movement on Polish lands in the years 19001918, on the broad background of the assimilation processes of Polish Jews. The author points out that Freud's theory played the role of "the promised land", as it was associated with the idea of the establishment of a more just social order.

The book is the first systematic study of the beginnings of psychoanalysis on Polish lands in Galicia (Austria-Hungary) and Congress Poland (Russia) during the partitions of Poland in the years between 1900 and 1918. The birth of the movement was presented on a broad cultural background, as an element of the assimilation processes among Polish Jews. At the same time, Freud's and Jung's theories began to gain popularity in Polish medical, philosophical, artistic and literary circles. By 1918, over a dozen articles on psychoanalysis had been published in Polish scientific and philosophical journals. Freud himself was vitally interested in this process, sending Ludwig Jekels to Krakow in the role of as he wrote an "apostle" of his theory in the circles of the Polish intelligentsia.

Auteur

Pawe Dybel is a professor at the Pedagogical University in Cracow and a scholar of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the Mellon Foundation, the Kosciuszko Foundation and others. In his research work he follows the links between psychoanalytical theories and contemporary philosophy. He also conducts research on the history of psychoanalysis in Poland.

Contenu

The historical background of the birth of psychoanalysis in Poland Dilemmas of assimilation of Jews Psychoanalysis at congresses of Polish doctors Sanatorium of Ludwig Jekels and his book on Freud Publications on psychoanalysis in Polish scientific journals Interest in psychoanalysis among Polish philosophers and humanists