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Psychoanalysis, Nazism and ‘Jewish science’
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In this paper the author offers a partial examination of the troubled history of psychoanalysis in Germany during the Nazi period. Of particular interest is the impact on psychoanalysis of its 'Jewish origins'--something denigrated by the Nazis but reclaimed by more recent Jewish and other scholars. The author traces the rapid decline of the pre-Nazi psychoanalytic institutions under the sway of a policy of appeasement and collaboration, paying particular attention to the continuation of some forms of psychoanalytic practice within the 'Göring Institute'. He suggests that a feature of this history was the anti-Semitism evidenced by some non-Jewish psychoanalysts, which revealed an antagonism towards their own positioning as followers of the 'Jewish science'.
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“Freud's engagement of antisemitism and Anti-Semites gave rise to a defensive counteraccusation, often couched with antisemitic themes of denying the rational intellect of Jews, of psychological approaches as a”
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Introduction: Folklore and Ethnology of Antisemitism
Bronner, S. J. (2026) · Jewish Folklore and Ethnology · doi:10.1353/jfe.2026.a995104
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- Authors
- Frosh, S.
- Affiliations
- Birkbeck, University of London (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Frosh, Stephen
- ORCID
- Frosh, Stephen
- Venue
- The International Journal of Psychoanalysis
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2003-10
- Volume
- 84
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 1315-1332
- ISSN
- 0020-7578 (ISSN-L)
- 1745-8315
- OpenAlex
- W2003389797
- Cited by
- 12
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2024: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- The International Journal of Psychoanalysis (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- BIROn (Birkbeck, University of London) (acceptedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › General Psychology › Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology
- Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Psychoanalysis and Social Critique
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
- Keywords
- history of psychoanalysis, Nazi Germany, antisemitism, collaboration, appeasement, psychoanalytic institutions, Jewish science
- MeSH terms
- Germany, Humans, Jews, Prejudice, Psychoanalysis, Public Policy, National Socialism, History, 20th Century
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