Comments on: Freud Envy? http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/2007/01/23/freud-envy/ A psychoanalytic slant on the world...with support from the American Psychoanalytic Foundation Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:37:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Arnold D. Richards http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/2007/01/23/freud-envy/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Arnold D. Richards Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:02:06 +0000 http://ip.arnoldrichards.net/?p=28#comment-6 I am sure that most if not all of the readers of Dwarkins November 29 review of Peter Kramer's biography of Freud had not read the book. I am reminded of Trotsky's words (although he might have borrowed them from Karl Krauss). "Don't tell me what happened. Just tell me what it said in the newspaper" In any case I plan to read the book and review it for a publication for which I am a contibuting book editor. I hope my respondent will as well if he has not done so allready I look forward to more dialogue based on first hand knowledge of Peter Kramer's narrative Arnold Richards I am sure that most if not all of the readers of Dwarkins November 29 review of Peter Kramer’s biography of Freud had not read the book. I am reminded of Trotsky’s words (although he might have borrowed them from Karl Krauss). “Don’t tell me what happened. Just tell me what it said in the newspaper” In any case I plan to read the book and review it for a publication for which I am a contibuting book editor. I hope my respondent will as well if he has not done so allready I look forward to more dialogue based on first hand knowledge of Peter Kramer’s narrative

Arnold Richards

]]> By: arolde http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/2007/01/23/freud-envy/comment-page-1/#comment-5 arolde Wed, 31 Jan 2007 04:52:44 +0000 http://ip.arnoldrichards.net/?p=28#comment-5 Since I too, like Arnie Richards, have not read the book, I will not comment on it or it/s reviewer. However, I am in agreement with Dr. Richards that Sigmund Freud has left a legacy to the modern world with his psychoanalytic theory. It has had a profound effect on how we perceive human development, human behavior, and human interaction. Freud 's hope was that discoveries in neuropsychological research would eventually dovetale with his ideas and would provide further answers. This is obviously the case. Thus whatever negatives are said about his biographical data, it is an unshakable fact that Freud has made an impact on our world rarely achieved by any individual, and for that he must be admired. Alexandra Rolde, M.D. Since I too, like Arnie Richards, have not read the book, I will not comment on it or it/s reviewer. However, I am in agreement with Dr. Richards that Sigmund Freud has left a legacy to the modern world with his psychoanalytic theory. It has had a profound effect on how we perceive human development, human behavior, and human interaction. Freud ‘s hope was that discoveries in neuropsychological research would eventually dovetale with his ideas and would provide further answers. This is obviously the case. Thus whatever negatives are said about his biographical data, it is an unshakable fact that Freud has made an impact on our world rarely achieved by any individual, and for that he must be admired.

Alexandra Rolde, M.D.

]]> By: Mike Jolkovski http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/2007/01/23/freud-envy/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Mike Jolkovski Tue, 30 Jan 2007 16:02:00 +0000 http://ip.arnoldrichards.net/?p=28#comment-4 Here's an interview w/ Kramer, done by an uncritical journalist who seemingly just read Kramer's book. <a href="http://www.calitreview.com/Interviews/kramer_8036" rel="nofollow">http://www.calitreview.com/Interviews/kramer_8036.htm</a> Here’s an interview w/ Kramer, done by an uncritical journalist who seemingly just read Kramer’s book.

http://www.calitreview.com/Interviews/kramer_8036.htm

]]> By: le_valet_de_pique http://internationalpsychoanalysis.net/2007/01/23/freud-envy/comment-page-1/#comment-2 le_valet_de_pique Fri, 26 Jan 2007 14:38:03 +0000 http://ip.arnoldrichards.net/?p=28#comment-2 How irresponsible! You say that Kramer's book is tendentious, that the book makes a Freudian interpretation of Freud's psychology using the Oedipal model, that the author misinterprets a story, and that the more negative review is on target . . . and at the same time you confess that you have not read the book. Other readings suggest that Kramer carefully avoids using the tools of psychoanalysis on Freud--that he purposely sticks to the conventional tools of biography. Time to read the book, Arnold. Le valet de pique How irresponsible!

You say that Kramer’s book is tendentious, that the book makes a Freudian interpretation of Freud’s psychology using the Oedipal model, that the author misinterprets a story, and that the more negative review is on target . . . and at the same time you confess that you have not read the book.

Other readings suggest that Kramer carefully avoids using the tools of psychoanalysis on Freud–that he purposely sticks to the conventional tools of biography.

Time to read the book, Arnold.

Le valet de pique

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