Stephen Black wrote: >"American is a mistake, a giant mistake" (Freud, ??)
>[There's more to this quote but I can't find it. Perhaps Allen >can help us out and also tell us when and where Freud said it] According to Ronald Clark�s biography, Freud told Ernest Jones "Yes, America is gigantic, but a gigantic mistake." (Quoted by Ernest Jones, *Free Associations: Memories of a Psychoanalyst*, 1959, p. 191) On similar lines, Freud told Sachs: "America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it is not going to be a success." (Reported by Hanns Sach, *Freud: Master and Friend*, 1945, p. 84) Max Eastman reported that Freud advised him to write a book on "The Miscarriage of American Civilization": "You will find out the causes and tell the truth about the whole awful catastrophe." (Quoted in Max Eastman, *Heroes I have known: Twelve Who Lived Great Lives*, 1942, p. 272) It would seem that Freud had a slight antipathy towards the United States. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.human-nature.com/esterson/index.html http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/articleprint.php?num=10 http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/articleprint.php?num=57 http://www.butterfliesandwheels.com/articleprint.php?num=58 http://www.psychiatrie-und-ethik.de/infc/1_gesamt_en.html --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
