Freud, Race, and Gender / / Sander L. Gilman.

A Jew in a violently anti-Semitic world, Sigmund Freud was forced to cope with racism even in the "serious" medical literature of the fin de siècle, which described Jews as inherently pathological and sexually degenerate. In this provocative book, Sander L. Gilman argues that Freud's...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021]
©1993
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (293 p.) :; 9 illustrations
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Illustrations --
Preface --
Introduction. Freud's Jewish Identity and Its Interpretation --
Chapter One. Sigmund Freud and the Epistemology of Race --
Chapter Two. The Construction of the Male Jew --
Chapter Three. Jewish Madness and Gender --
Conclusion. Systemic Diseases: Cancer and Anti-Semitism --
Notes --
Index
Summary:A Jew in a violently anti-Semitic world, Sigmund Freud was forced to cope with racism even in the "serious" medical literature of the fin de siècle, which described Jews as inherently pathological and sexually degenerate. In this provocative book, Sander L. Gilman argues that Freud's internalizing of these images of racial difference shaped the questions of psychoanalysis. Examining a variety of scientific writings, Gilman discusses the prevailing belief that male Jews were "feminized," as stated outright by Jung and others, and concludes that Freud dealt with his anxiety about himself as a Jew by projecting it onto other cultural "inferiors"--such as women. Gilman's fresh view of the origins of psychoanalysis challenges those who separate Freud's revolutionary theories from his Jewish identity.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9780691223001
9783110442496
9783110784237
DOI:10.1515/9780691223001?locatt=mode:legacy
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Sander L. Gilman.