Freud’s Principal Case Studies Revisited: Freudian-Lacanian Psychoanalysts Reconsider the Legacy
Edited by Helena Texier and Eve Watson
Freud’s Principal Case Studies Revisited explores Freud’s six principal case studies – Dora, Little Hans, Schreber, the Wolf Man, the Rat Man and the Young Homosexual Girl – through the lens of contemporary psychoanalytic practice.
Thirteen leading Freudian-Lacanian psychoanalysts reassess these cases in light of their significance to psychoanalytic theory and practice and consider their relevance in the twenty-first century. With new case material, theory, and analysis, the cases are critically re-invigorated and restored to a privileged place within psychoanalysis. Each of the cases is approached via a pairing of two psychoanalysts who engage with the clinical material, as well as with each other, in addressing their contributions to an assembled audience of clinicians, trainees and scholars.
This book will be of great interest to psychoanalysts in practice and in training as well as psychologists, psychotherapists, and psychiatrists. It will also be relevant for academics and students of psychoanalytic studies, philosophy, critical and cultural theory, social studies, critical psychology, gender and sexuality studies and queer theory.
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Helena Texier is a psychoanalyst in private practice. She was longtime editor of THE LETTER – Lacanian Perspectives on Psychoanalysis. She has been involved in psychoanalytic training and has been Chair of the Association for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in Ireland (APPI). She is a director of the Freud Lacan institute (FLi), Dublin.
Eve Watson is involved in psychoanalytic practice, training, and research in Dublin, Ireland. Her co-edited books include Critical Essays on the Drive: Lacanian Theory and Practice (Routledge). She is the academic director of the Freud Lacan institute (FLi), Dublin.
“This marvellous collection of essays sheds new light on Freud’s classic case histories, offering new interpretations and perspectives and bringing out the richness and depth of Freud’s work. The commentaries are not only important in rereading Freud but will be inspiring for practitioners working today, facing many of the same questions and problems in their clinical work.” – Darian Leader, psychoanalyst and author, London, UK
“Seldom do we have the opportunity to see historical case material rendered as relevant – as urgent – as we find in this luminous collection. Not only is Freud shown to be our contemporary, but these re-readings, with Lacanian conceptualisations, are how Freud’s cases will be taught and understood in the future. A dream-team of contributors and a vital addition to key texts on the Freudian practice of psychoanalysis.” – Derek Hook, Professor of Psychology, Duquesne University, USA, author of Six Moments in Lacan.
“With these thought-provoking case commentaries by leading figures in psychoanalysis, rereading Freud’s principal case studies has never felt so timely or engaging! Instead of simply reinforcing what we thought we already knew about Freud’s classic cases, these essays invite us to consider crucial issues in contemporary psychoanalytic theory and practice.” – Stephanie Swales, psychoanalyst and Assistant Professor of Psychotherapy, Dublin City University, Ireland.
