On the Freud Watch: Public Memoirs

By Paul Roazen

This book opens and closes with autobiographical pieces, but as a whole it reflects an intensely personal account of how Paul Roazen became known as a "controversial" figure within psychoanalysis. The Introduction deals with Roazen's experiences attending clinical case conferences at the Massachusetts Mental Health Center in 1964-65, and what he learned about psychoanalytic psychology there. One chapter deals with a particular psychological explanation that his friend Charles Rycroft offered for why psychoanalysts are characteristically anti-historical. Another chapter discusses Roazen's take on the problem of Freud's analysis of his daughter Anna, a matter Roazen first brought to light in 1969. The book concludes with a discussion of how Roazen thinks Freud's concept of neurosis was intended to convey his understanding of a specifically human privilege. The short epilogue closes with a personal account of the significance of a small beach in Roazen's childhood.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1853435686
• ISBN13: 9781853435683
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Free Association Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"