Clara M. Thompson’S Professional Evolution And Legacy (Psychoanalysis In A New Key Book Series)

Beginning in 1933, after Sandor Ferenczi's death, this volume draws extensively from interviews, personal correspondence and scholarly essays to explore the latter part of Clara Thompson's life and professional career. In the second of this two-volume biography, the reader is afforded an understanding of Thompson's development with the luminaries who influenced her, and who she, in turn, influenced, including Harry Stack Sullivan, Erich Fromm, and other cultural social scientists. Building on her collaborative work with Ferenczi, and influenced by Sullivan, Thompson's pioneering essays expand the psychoanalytic perspective to embrace the dynamic interpersonal encounter of patient and analyst. Critical of Freud's views on women, Thompson also argues against the inequality of women and men in society, reflecting her own moral compass. This volume clarifies Thompson's role in psychoanalytic history, reclaiming her numerous and valuable contributions to both the Interpersonal Psychoanalytic tradition and to the field of psychoanalysis as we know it today. D'Ercole's artfully woven account of Thompson's life will prove essential reading for psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, psychologists and anyone interested in the history of psychoanalysis.

• | Author: Ann D'Ercole
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Jan 23, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 292 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1032257520
• | ISBN-13: 9781032257525