Bettelheim : living and dying / / David James Fisher.

"A self-declared 'critical admirer' and final confident of Bruno Bettelheim, David James Fisher succeeds with as balanced and nuanced a portrayal as seems possible of the character, the lifetime contributions, and the final justifications of a most controversial psychoanalytic eminenc...

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Superior document:Contemporary psychoanalytic studies ; 8
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Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
Series:Contemporary psychoanalytic studies ; 8.
Physical Description:1 online resource (192 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • Psychoanalytic Cultural Criticism and the Soul
  • Towards a Psychoanalytic Understanding of Fascism and Anti-Semitism: Perceptions From the 1940’s
  • On Parenting and Playing
  • The Relationship and Debates Between Bruno Bettelheim and Rudolf Ekstein
  • In Memoriam: Rudolf Ekstein (1912-2005)
  • A Final Conversation With Bruno Bettelheim
  • The Suicide of a Survivor: Some Intimate Perceptions of Bettelheim’s Suicide
  • Homage to Bettelheim
  • An Open Letter to Newsweek
  • Concerning Bruno Bettelheim: A Reply To Former Patients From The Orthogenic School
  • Two Letters From Bettelheim To The Author
  • About the Author
  • References
  • Index
  • Acknowledgements.