Georg groddeck, the psychoanalyst of symbols

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ID5833394
AuthorsRomano Biancoli (corresponding author)
Year1997
Volume6
Issue2
Pages117-125
Publication date1997-07-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Forum of Psychoanalysis (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0803-706X • E-ISSN: 1651-2324
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/08037069708405890
OpenAlexW2062121954
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited15

Biancoli R., Georg Groddeck, the Psychoanalyst of Symbols. Int Forum Psychoanal 1997;6:117-225. Stockholm, ISSN 0803-706X. Groddeck is not a fully recognised part of the history of psychoanalysis. Several reasons induce us to rediscover his work. He is the analyst of man's compulsion to symbolise, even if in doing so he remains an expression of late Romanticism with some aspects of irrationalism. He opens a way of understanding the relationship between psyche and body through the original concept of the It. His psychotherapeutic practice offers themes of reflection to present-day psychoanalytic research. Many psychoanalysts refused Groddeck's unconventional and provocative activity and his declarations against science. Other psychoanalysts had friendly relations with him, particularly Ferenczi, Frieda Fromm-Reichmann and Fromm. They learnt deeply from his example of creative and independent thought and love of truth

Psyche · Romanticism · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Psychoanalysis and Social Critique · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications

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