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The Life and Times of Franz Alexander : From Budapest To California.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: History of psychoanalysis seriesPublication details: London : Karnac Books, 2015.Description: 1 online resource (189 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781782413776
  • 1782413774
  • 9781782202509
  • 1782202501
  • 9780429482311
  • 0429482310
  • 9781781815090
  • 1781815097
  • 0429907087
  • 9780429907081
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Life and Times of Franz Alexander : From Budapest To California.DDC classification:
  • 150
LOC classification:
  • R154.A47
NLM classification:
  • WM 460
Online resources:
Contents:
COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; SERIES EDITOR'S FOREWORD; PREFACE; CHAPTER ONE A journey to the past; CHAPTER TWO Life at the Palace; CHAPTER THREE The Great War and meeting nobility; CHAPTER FOUR The Alexander children in the twentieth century; CHAPTER FIVE Berlin: setting the stage for Chicago (with a brief stopover in Boston); CHAPTER SIX Chicago and the time of his life; CHAPTER SEVEN Moving west, one last time; CHAPTER EIGHT My grandfather and me; EPILOGUE The family today; AFTERWORD; REFERENCES; INDEX.
Summary: Franz Alexander was the first graduate of the Berlin Psychoanalytic Institute, the man who turned down Freud's offer to enter into private practice in Vienna, and the man Freud told to go to America and spread the doctrine of psychoanalysis. He was also the grandfather of Ilonka Venier Alexander, the author of this remarkable account of one of the major figures of psychoanalysis in the twentieth century, set against the backdrop of the growth of analysis in America. The book considers his personal and professional life, the role of family in his decisions, and how those decisions affected othe.
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COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; SERIES EDITOR'S FOREWORD; PREFACE; CHAPTER ONE A journey to the past; CHAPTER TWO Life at the Palace; CHAPTER THREE The Great War and meeting nobility; CHAPTER FOUR The Alexander children in the twentieth century; CHAPTER FIVE Berlin: setting the stage for Chicago (with a brief stopover in Boston); CHAPTER SIX Chicago and the time of his life; CHAPTER SEVEN Moving west, one last time; CHAPTER EIGHT My grandfather and me; EPILOGUE The family today; AFTERWORD; REFERENCES; INDEX.

Franz Alexander was the first graduate of the Berlin Psychoanalytic Institute, the man who turned down Freud's offer to enter into private practice in Vienna, and the man Freud told to go to America and spread the doctrine of psychoanalysis. He was also the grandfather of Ilonka Venier Alexander, the author of this remarkable account of one of the major figures of psychoanalysis in the twentieth century, set against the backdrop of the growth of analysis in America. The book considers his personal and professional life, the role of family in his decisions, and how those decisions affected othe.

English.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650

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