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In this compellingly written and meticulously researched new book, Professor Brett Kahr draws upon extensive unpublished archival sources and upon his four decades of oral history interviews to paint fascinating portraits of many of the icons of mental health. Hidden Histories of British Psychoanalysis: From Freud's Death Bed to Laing's Missing Tooth includes detailed accounts of Kahr's interviews with such noted figures as Enid Balint, Marion Milner, Ronald Laing, John Bowlby and his wife, Ursula Longstaff Bowlby, as well as numerous members of Donald Winnicott's family.
Framed as a series of glimpses into the early history of British psychoanalysis, Kahr explores how the German-speaking Sigmund Freud learned how to psychoanalyse English-speaking patients; how Enid Eichholz (the future wife of Michael Balint) pioneered couple psychoanalysis in the wake of the Second World War; how Donald Winnicott treated "The Piggle" in the midst of his own health crises; and how Masud Khan degenerated from a clinical sage into an anti-Semite.
A breathtaking combination of interviews, reminiscences, and well-documented scholarship, this book provides a gripping overview of many of the key figures in British psychoanalysis, all of whom made unparalleled contributions to the mental health profession, and whose lives and careers deserve to be visited and revisited.
Contents
Introduction:
My Love of Deceased Psychoanalysts
PART I: SIGMUND FREUD AS AN ENGLISHMAN
Chapter 1:
"Zooming" in Old Vienna: How Sigmund Freud Became an English-Speaking Psychoanalyst
Chapter 2:
Freud's London Death Bed: Notes on the "Invalid Couch" at Maresfield Gardens
PART II: UNPUBLISHED WINNICOTTIANA.
Chapter 3:
Donald Winnicott's Wives: From Alice Buxton Taylor to Clare Britton
Chapter 4:
"The Piggle" Family Papers: Unpublished Archival Gems Regarding Winnicott's Most Iconic Case
PART III: DR. AND MRS. BOWLBY.
Chapter 5:
"Half-Baked Pseudo-Scientific Rubbish": How John Bowlby Reinvented Child Psychiatry
Chapter 6:
Ursula Longstaff Bowlby: The Creative Muse of Attachment Theory
PART IV: TWO TRULY UNASSUMING ICONS.
Chapter 7:
Breakfast with Marion Milner: Reminiscences of the World's Oldest Psychoanalyst
Chapter 8:
Enid Eichholz Balint: The Birth of Couple Psychoanalysis in England
PART V: THE BAD BOYS OF BRITISH PSYCHOANALYSIS.
Chapter 9:
Rajah on the Couch: The Magnificence and Misery of Masud Khan
Chapter 10:
R.D. Laing's Missing Tooth: The Secret Roots of Genius and Madness
Conclusion:
How to Be Intimate with a Corpse: The Role of Psychoanalytical Historiography
Acknowledgements
References
Index
