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The Riddle of Freud: Jewish Influences on his Theory of Female Sexuality


by Estelle Roith

Vol 4. in The New Library of Psychoanalysis
Published by Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group)
0-422-61760-1 1987 pbk

 

“There is so much interesting material succinctly written in this book and with a great deal of reference to a wide range of sources, that it is hard to select from it. I recommend it to anyone interested in the derivations of analytic theories about women’s psychology. The author traces a path through the vicissitudes of late nineteenth and twentieth century conflict and Jewish migration, through differences within Judaic culture, through the writings of several authors on Freudian psychoanalytic developments, through Freud’s personal experience and through his family’s relationships, affected as they were by their position as first generation immigrants in Vienna.”

 

Jean Thomson
Journal of Analytic Psychology
 

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