Hate and the ‘Jewish Science’

Download or read book Hate and the ‘Jewish Science’ written by S. Frosh and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2005-02-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Psychoanalysis has always grappled with its Jewish origins, sometimes celebrating them and sometimes trying to escape or deny them. Through exploration of Freud's Jewish identity, the fate of psychoanalysis in Germany under the Nazis, and psychoanalytic theories of anti-Semitism, this book examines the significance of the Jewish connection with psychoanalysis and what that can tell us about political and psychological resistance, anti-Semitism and racism.