- Hardcover: 224 pages
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill Inc.,US (Jan 1976)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0070719047
- ISBN-13: 978-0070719040
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,986,240 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Fragments of an Analysis with Freud : a first-hand account...
16 Feb 2007
Fragments from an Analysis with Freud: a first-hand account was written by Joseph Wortis M.D., who just happened to have the opportunity to spend over four months being psychoanalyzed by Sigmund Freud himself. The book is a detailed diary of Wortis' visits with Freud interspersed with personal correspondences of his regarding these visits. Although it is based on an analysis done by Freud on Wortis, Freud is really the one being analyzed in Fragments. This piece offers a unique and insightful view into the man's personality, his viewpoints, and his pschoanalytic theory.
In the beginning of Fragments, the author recounts the circumstances by which he came to be analyzed by Freud. Basically, he wished to learn more about psychoanalysis to assist him in a scientific study he was involved in. Wishing to learn from the best, he contacted Freud, who told him the best way to learn about psychoanalysis was to be psychoanalyzed. And so, having the finances to do so, Wortis hired Freud as his own personal phsychoanalyst.
The remainder of the book is comprised primarily of journal entries based on detailed notes Wortis took after his sessions with Freud. Each session consisted of Wortis talking from a couch while Freud sat nearby and listened. He spoke about events of his childhood, his present-day life, and he discussed issues concerning science and psychology. Although Wortis did most of the talking, his diary entries in Fragments focus mainly on the times when Freud would actually conversate with him, and so the book reveals less of the one being analyzed than it does the analyist.
From the start, Wortis paints a picture of Freud as the classic, stubborn old man. He is critical, cocky, and close-minded. Wortis is admittedly skeptical of psychoanalytic theory from the get-go, and although he promises to be open-minded about it, his skepticism increases throughout the book as he and Freud debate some of the basic tenets of psychoanalysis. He does not like Freud's focus on the unconscious and his lack of concern for present-day realities and influences. He thinks Freud's dream interpretations are merely conjecture and that some are completely absurd. In the end, he concludes that Freud and his psychoanalytic theory have done some great things for the field of psychology as a whole, but he himself is less than enthusiastic about its useful application.
In the beginning of Fragments, the author recounts the circumstances by which he came to be analyzed by Freud. Basically, he wished to learn more about psychoanalysis to assist him in a scientific study he was involved in. Wishing to learn from the best, he contacted Freud, who told him the best way to learn about psychoanalysis was to be psychoanalyzed. And so, having the finances to do so, Wortis hired Freud as his own personal phsychoanalyst.
The remainder of the book is comprised primarily of journal entries based on detailed notes Wortis took after his sessions with Freud. Each session consisted of Wortis talking from a couch while Freud sat nearby and listened. He spoke about events of his childhood, his present-day life, and he discussed issues concerning science and psychology. Although Wortis did most of the talking, his diary entries in Fragments focus mainly on the times when Freud would actually conversate with him, and so the book reveals less of the one being analyzed than it does the analyist.
From the start, Wortis paints a picture of Freud as the classic, stubborn old man. He is critical, cocky, and close-minded. Wortis is admittedly skeptical of psychoanalytic theory from the get-go, and although he promises to be open-minded about it, his skepticism increases throughout the book as he and Freud debate some of the basic tenets of psychoanalysis. He does not like Freud's focus on the unconscious and his lack of concern for present-day realities and influences. He thinks Freud's dream interpretations are merely conjecture and that some are completely absurd. In the end, he concludes that Freud and his psychoanalytic theory have done some great things for the field of psychology as a whole, but he himself is less than enthusiastic about its useful application.
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