Selected Papers of Karl Abraham M.D.

by Karl; Jones Douglas (translator); Strach Abraham

Covering a wide range of topics, the collection consists of twenty-six papers and essays published over a period of two decades. Readers of this book are thus enabled to trace the analyst's development, in which his scientific approach is evident throughout, from his earliest papers through to his last works.First published in 1927 in the International Psychoanalytical Library, Karl Abraham's Selected Papers on Psychoanalysis has since established itself as on of the seminal works essential to the training of workers in the psychoanalytic field. Includes Abraham's classic paper A Short Study of the Development of the Libido.

Genres: Psychoanalysis

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1988

Reviews

[×× ri ×× · Rating 1 out of 5]

Reductionist and outdated. I mainly kept reading because some case studies were interesting, but this Abraham guy kept getting in the way with his bizarro conclusions :/ there are some good memes (the best one has to be that time when Abraham thought that his female patient rubbing her forehead wrinkle was a displaced act of masturbation. You just can't make this shit up), but the book is waaaaay to long and boring to be something you read for laughs you know

[Michael Kulyk · Rating 5 out of 5]

Karl Abraham was a brilliant psychoanalytic theoretician/practitioner whose clinical insights regarding the relationships between character, early development and psychopathology were unmatched. His ideas provided the foundation for object relations theory and were a direct influence on Melanie Klein. Abraham writes with a wonderful clarity and provides full explanations based on his clinical observations of patients he treated.

[Dries]

Über die determinierende Kraft des Namens, Das Geldausgeben im Angstzustand, Zur Ejaculatio praecox, Die Spinne als Traumsymbol

[Brian Kim · Rating 4 out of 5]

An elaboration of the Freudian theory. Abraham picks up where Freud had left off. Easy read and great case studies. One of Abraham's gift is his power of insight and radical conclusions.

[Sannie Hald · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read some parts for my BA dissertation... Old view points but still somewhat relevant