Freud as Leonardo
Why the First Psychobiography Went Wrong
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19280159 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alan C Elms (University of California, Davis, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 19-40 |
| Publication date | 1988-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3506 • E-ISSN: 1467-6494 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1988.tb00461.x |
| OpenAlex | W2048552534 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 3 |
The first genuine psychobiography, Sigmund Freud's Leonardo da Vinci and a Memory of His Childhood (1910/1957b), presented several important guidelines for psychobiographical research Among them were the rejection both of pathography and of idealization, and the avoidance both of arguments built upon a single clue and of strong conclusions based upon inadequate data Though the guidelines are sound, Freud violated those guidelines in the very work where they first appeared Freud's methodological errors and his “obsession” with the Leonardo book are traced in part to his projective identification with Leonardo, incorporating aspects of his own sexual history and his anxieties about the future of the psychoanalytic movement
Idealization · Identification (biology) · Projective identification · Projective test · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
Helen Suzman
The Biographer's Transference
Studying Lives
Biases in the Interpretation and Use of Research Results
Sigmund Freud, Sublimation, and the Russian Silver Age
The method of psychobiography
The career development of Christiaan Neethling Barnard
Psychobiography in psychology
Personology and the Narrative Interpretation of Lives
Personal Influences on Professional Work
Shakespeare's Sonnets
Narrative Identity and Meaning Making Across the Adult Lifespan
Psychoanalysis and Art, Freud and Leonardo
| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.35 |
| Citation span | 1989 - 2017 (29) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |