Ernst Falzeder

Bio: Ernst Falzeder is an academic researcher from University of Innsbruck. The author has contributed to research in topics: Psychoanalytic theory & Freud's Psychoanalytic Theories. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 21 publications receiving 171 citations. Previous affiliations of Ernst Falzeder include University College London.

My grand-patient, my chief tormentor: a hitherto unnoticed case of Freud's and the consequences.

Abstract: For many years, Freud treated a woman patient who meant very much to him and for whose treatment he made the most extraordinary sacrifices. He wrote down her case history, and he described her case in at least six articles. In addition, this woman played a major role in the conflict between Freud and Jung. This paper sketches the case history, presents Freud's interpretation of her neurosis, and outlines the important consequences of this classical case in the history of psychoanalysis for theory and technique.

Profession - psychoanalyst: a historical view

Abstract: This paper focuses on the coming into being of psychoanalysis as a psychotherapeutic method and as a profession, covering the period from the 1890s until the foundation of the first training institute. This period is roughly divided into six phases: (1) Freud's first two pupils. (2) Freud's demonstration of his method on other colleagues that show that treatment and instruction were virtually indistinguishable. (3) The foundation of a private study and discussion group, without much impact on larger circles. (4) The Burgholzli clinic in Zurich became the main recruiting center for the nascent psychoanalytic movement. (5) In the early 1910s, a handful of psychoanalysts sought to have a first-hand experience of the method. (6) In 1920, the Berlin Institute was founded, introducing the tripartite training system that prevails to this day.

The story of an ambivalent relationship: Sigmund Freud and Eugen Bleuler.

Abstract: This paper1 examines the short-lived flirtation between psychoanalysis and academia and psychiatry in Europe and the reasons for, and consequences of, the fact that their paths diverged. It is argued that Bleuler's break with the psychoanalytic movement is a crucial and, until now, largely underestimated turning point. Bleuler's separation from the psychoanalytic movement was probably more important for the course it has since taken than those of Adler, Stekel, or even Jung. Bleuler's analysis by correspondence by Freud, and its failure, was of paramount importance for the future relationship between Freud and Bleuler, and for Bleuler's assessment of psychoanalysis. Translations of Abstract Cet article examine le flirt, de courte duree et neanmoins intense, de la psychanalyse avec la psychiatrie et le monde universitaire en Europe, ainsi que les raisons et consequences de la divergence qui s'ensuivit. Si la rupture de Bleuler avec le mouvement psychanalytique est si importante a mon sens, c'est parce qu'elle represente un tournant crucial et largement sous-estimea ce jour. J'avance l'idee que la separation de Bleuler d'avec le mouvement psychanalytique a probablement eu un impact plus significatif sur son evolution ulterieure que celles d'Adler, de Stekel voire meme de Jung. Je soutiens que «sans les dissensions qui conduisirent a la demission de Bleuler, l'isolement subsequent de la psychanalyse des universites et autres institutions academiques n'aurait jamais eu lieu et que celle-ci se serait epanouie comme faisant partie integrante de l'enseignement de la medecine» (Alexander & Selesnick, 1965, pp. 1-2). Les lettres de Bleuler a Freud revelent (1) ses reserves a l'endroit d'un mouvement psychanalytique et (2) ses reticences a envisager la psychanalyse comme une entite devant etre adoptee comme un tout ou laissee; il insiste plutot sur une evaluation plus scientifique et rigoureuse de ses elements constitutifs. Je suggere que l'analyse de Bleuler par Freud, menee par correspondance, et son echec, furent de la plus haute importance dans la relation de Freud et Bleuler et dans l'evaluation scientifique de la psychanalyse par Bleuler. In der vorliegenden Arbeit werden die intensiven, wenn auch kurzlebigen Annaherungsversuche zwischen der Psychoanalyse, der akademischen Welt und der Psychiatrie in Europa dargestellt. Es werden die Grunde dafur, dass ihre Wege sich getrennt haben, sowie die daraus folgenden Konsequenzen untersucht. Bleulers Bruch mit der psychoanalytischen Bewegung ist aus meiner Sicht so wichtig, weil er einen folgenschweren und bisher weitgehend unterschatzten Wendepunkt darstellt. Ich vertrete das Argument, dass Bleulers Trennung von der psychoanalytischen Bewegung wahrscheinlich wichtiger war fur deren weitere Entwicklung bis in die Gegenwart hinein, als die Trennungen von Adler, Stekel oder sogar Jung. Ich vermute, ‘dass ohne die Meinungsverschiedenheiten, die zu Bleulers Austritt fuhrten, die spatere Ausgrenzung der Psychoanalyse von Universitaten und akademischen Institutionen niemals stattgefunden hatte, sondern dass die Analyse sich als integraler Bestandteil der Medizin entwickelt hatte und in medizinischen Hochschulen gelehrt wurde’ (Alexander & Selesnick 1965, pp. 1-2). Bleulers Briefe an Freud zeigen (1) seine Vorbehalte gegen eine psychoanalytische ‘Bewegung’ und (2) sein Widerstreben, die Psychoanalyse als eine Einheit anzusehen, die man nur als Ganzes nehmen oder lassen durfte. Dagegen beharrte er auf einer eher wissenschaftlichen und strengen Prufung ihrer einzelnen Komponenten. Ich vertrete die Ansicht, dass Bleulers Analyse durch Freud, die brieflich durchgefuhrt wurde, und deren Scheitern von groster Bedeutung fur die Beziehung zwischen Freud und Bleuler und fur Bleulers wissenschaftliche Beurteilung der Psychoanalyse war. In questo scritto si prende in esame l'intensa, anche se breve, relazione sentimentale fra la psicoanalisi e l'accademia e la psichiatria in Europa e le ragioni per cui e le conseguenze del fatto che I loro sentieri si divisero. La rottura di Bleurer con il movimento psicoanaliticoe, secondo me, cosi importante perche rappresenta un pnto di svolta tanto cruciale quanto ancora oggi largamente sottovalutato. Sostengo che la separazione di Bleurer dal movimento psicoanalitico fu per il corso che ha preso da allora probabilmente piu importante di quelle di Adler, di Stekel o persino di Jung e penso che ‘senza la divergenza che porto al ritiro di Bleurer, il futuro isolamento della psicoanalisi ese universita e ese istituzioni accademiche non ci sarebbe mai stato, e la psicoanalisi si sarebbe sviluppata come una parte integrale della medicina da insegnarsi nelle scuole di medicina’ (Alexander & Selesnick 1965, pp.1-2). Le lettere di Bleurer a Freud rivelano (1) le sue eserve contro un ‘movimento’ psicoanalitico; (2) la sua riluttanza a considerare la psicoanalisi come un'entita che doveva essere o presa o lasciata nella sua interezza; egli piuttosto insisteva su un controllo piu rigoroso e scientifico delle sue parti. Credo che l'analisi di Bleurer attraverso la corrispondenza con Freud, e il suo fallimento fu di straordinaria importanza per la relazione tra Freud e Bleurer e per il giudizio scientifico di Bleurer sulla psicoanalisi. El cuento de una relacion ambivalente: Sigmund Freud y Eugen Bleuler Resumen: Este papel examina, el intenso, si bien breve, flirteo entre el psicoanealisis y la academia y la psiquiatria en Europa y las razones y consecuencias para los hechos que condujeron a la divergencia de sus caminos. La ruptura de Bleuler con el movimiento psicoanalitico es, en mi opinion, tan importante debido a que el representa un punto de quiebre largamente subestimado. Argumento que de hecho que la separacion de Bleuler del movimiento psicoanalitico fue mas importante en el curso que tuvo desde entonces que aquellos ocasionados por la separacion de Stekel, Adler o, incluso Jung, y sugiero que sin las diferencias que llevaron a la renuncia de Bleuler, nunca hubiera ocurrido el consiguiente aislamiento del psicoanalisis de las universidades e instituciones academicas, y este se habria desarrollado como una parte integral de la medicina para ser ensenada en las escuelas de medicina (Alexander & Selesnick 1965, pp. 1-2). Las cartas de Bleuler a Freud revelan (1) sus reserves sobre el movimiento psicoanalitico; (2) sus reservas para ver al psicoanalisis que debe ser vista como una entidad que debe ser tomada o dejada como un todo: el insistia en en una prieba mas rigurosa y cientifica de sus partes constitutivas. Sugiero que el analisis de la correspondencia de Bleuler, por Freud, y su fracaso, fue de enorme importancia para relacion entre Freud y Bleuler y para la evaluacion del psicoanalisis por parte de Bleuler.

The Complete Letters of Sigmund Freud to Wilhelm Fliess, 1887–1904. Translated and edited by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson. Cambridge, Mass./London: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1985. 505 pp.

Abstract: (1986). The Complete Letters of Sigmund Freud to Wilhelm Fliess, 1887–1904. Translated and edited by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson. Cambridge, Mass./London: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1985. 505 pp. The Psychoanalytic Quarterly: Vol. 55, No. 3, pp. 496-543.

Jung and the Making of Modern Psychology: The Dream of a Science

Abstract: Occultist, Scientist, Prophet, Charlatan - C. G. Jung has been called all these things and after decades of myth making, is one of the most misunderstood figures in Western intellectual history. This book is the first comprehensive study of the origins of his psychology, as well as providing a new account of the rise of modern psychology and psychotherapy. Based on a wealth of hitherto unknown archival materials it reconstructs the reception of Jung's work in the human sciences, and its impact on the social and intellectual history of the twentieth century. The book creates a basis for all future discussion of Jung, and opens new vistas on psychology today.