Re Jim Guinee's posting on 18 February: <<Sigmund Freud: Conflict & Culture: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/freud/>>
Many TIPsters will recall the controversy concerning critics' claims that the list of advisors recruited by the organisers of the Freud Exhibition failed to reflect the full range of views on the life and work of Freud. Information about the concerns of a considerable number of Freud scholars that the exhibition would be a tribute to Freud rather than a balanced presentation appropriate for an event organised in co-operation with the Library of Congress can be found on the following websites: http://users.rcn.com/brill/swales.html http://www.shamdasani.u-net.com/freudexhibition.htm An account of the controversy from the point of view of a critic is in the Introduction in F. Crews (ed.), *Unauthorized Freud: Doubters Confront a Legend* (Viking, 1998). The book itself contains the kind of material notably absent from the Freud Exhibition. It comprises extracts from articles or books previously published by a wide range Freud scholars mostly from outside the psychoanalytic fold. Virtually every chapter contains significant material unknown to most people not closely involved with the Freud scholarship of recent decades. Of particular interest to an American readership is the little known account (pp. 260-276) of an extraordinary and tragic episode from the early history of psychoanalysis in the United States involving the psychiatrist Horace Frink -- an episode which, but for a chance event that prevented its becoming public knowledge, would have severely tarnished Freud's growing reputation in the United States. I recommend this chapter by Lavinia Edmunds to anyone who still harbours the notion that Freud had great insight into his patients' psychological states and needs. Allen Esterson London www.human-nature.com/esterson/index.html > Not a fan of the old dude, but he's a compelling study, nonetheless > > Jim Guinee > > ------- Forwarded message follows ------- > > Sigmund Freud: Conflict & Culture > http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/freud/ > > Sigmund Freud: Conflict and Culture was organized by the Library of > Congress in cooperation with the Sigmund Freud-Museum, Vienna and the > Freud Museum, London. The exhibit features vintage photographs, > prints, and original manuscripts. In addition, selected film and > television clips, along with materials from newspapers, magazines, > and comic books, are interwoven throughout the exhibition to > highlight the influence of psychoanalysis on popular culture. The > physical exhibition is composed of three major sections. Section > one, Formative Years, highlights the milieu of Freud's early > professional development in late nineteenth-century Vienna. Section > two, The Individual: Therapy and Theory, examines key psychoanalytic > concepts and how Freud used them in some of his most famous cases. > Lastly, section three, From the Individual to Society, focuses on the > diffusion of psychoanalytic ideas and Freud's speculations about the > origins of society, the social functions of religion and art, and how > crises reveal fundamental aspects of human nature. On the whole, the > exhibition offers a moderate examination of Freud's life and his key > ideas, as well as their effect upon the twentieth century. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
