Allen:
Thanks for the information. I will pass it along .. JK
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John W. Kulig
Professor of Psychology
Plymouth State College
Plymouth NH 03264
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"Nothing is more American, nothing is more patriotic than speaking out,
questioning authority and holding your leaders accountable" General
Welsey K. Clark, 24 September 2003.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Allen Esterson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 2:07 AM
> To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
> Subject: Re: Q about Theodor Reik
>
> John Kulig wrote:
>
> > I'm not a psychoanalyst (I only play one in History of Psych), so I
need
> > some help. My wife is a librarian who decides the fate of donated
books
> > (she works in an academic library). Someone donated books by the
> > psychoanalytically oriented Theodor Reik (he wrote Masochism, Sex &
> > Society). What is his reputation within the field? Is he worth
adding to
> > an academic library? Some would not add any psychoanalysts to their
> > collection, but, most libraries have Freud & Jung & Horney already,
so,
> > the question is: is he reputable compared to these other
analysts??????
> > Any help will be appreciated.
>
> John, here is Paul Roazen's "take" on Reik in *Freud and his
Followers*
> (1971, pp. 326-327):
>
> Among the loyal Viennese apostles of Freud, Theodor Reik (1888-1969)
may
> be the best known to the general reading public today. Throughout
Freud's
> lifetime Reik's writings were serious, sometimes even original. He had
a
> vast knowledge of religion, and Freud encouraged him as a lay analyst.
> Freud's own book on lay analysis was composed in behalf of Reik, who
faced
> a court case instigated under a Viennese law against quackery.
>
> Reik practiced in Berlin and in Holland. At that time there was a good
> deal of moving about from one psychoanalytic society to another,
because
> of political upheavals and dissatisfaction with local groups. Even in
> Vienna, and much more so after coming to America, Reik was a lively
> figure. In Vienna he was the heel-clicking admirer of every word the
> Professor uttered. Freud took him into analysis for a short time,
after
> the death of Reik's first wife. When he left Europe for the United
States,
> Reik stressed even more his association with Freud.
>
> Reik could not get on with the New York analysts, however, so he set
up
> his own training group there. He had always sought to imitate Freud -
in
> his smoking, in his style of writing, and even in the way he talked.
Once
> in America he grew a beard like Freud's. His office walls were covered
> with photographs depicting various stages of Freud's life; toward
Freud
> personally he maintained the adoration of a schoolboy. Reik's
writings,
> however, became raconteurish, although he did much to spread many
central
> parts of Freud's psychology - such as the importance of masochism in
> psychoanalytic theory.
>
> Allen Esterson
> Former lecturer, Science Department
> Southwark College, London
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