Freud, Consoler of the Woman in Love
Schneider, Monique
Freud, Consoler of the Woman in Love - 2015.
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The author first addresses a question put to Freud about the possible similarity between psychoanalysis and the expulsion technique practised by exorcists, ‘drastic therapy’; she then refers to Freud’s emphasis on what the psychoanalyst has in common with the chemist who creates explosions. A contrasting aspect is then revealed concerning the treatment of Elisabeth: to alleviate the fright generated by the interpretation that discloses the loving impulse, Freud emphasises ‘consoling arguments’—the patient’s non-responsibility for the loving impulse and her high morality—which are to reassure the person who is presented as ‘poor child’, terms reminiscent of Goethe’s character, Mignon.
Freud, Consoler of the Woman in Love - 2015.
20
The author first addresses a question put to Freud about the possible similarity between psychoanalysis and the expulsion technique practised by exorcists, ‘drastic therapy’; she then refers to Freud’s emphasis on what the psychoanalyst has in common with the chemist who creates explosions. A contrasting aspect is then revealed concerning the treatment of Elisabeth: to alleviate the fright generated by the interpretation that discloses the loving impulse, Freud emphasises ‘consoling arguments’—the patient’s non-responsibility for the loving impulse and her high morality—which are to reassure the person who is presented as ‘poor child’, terms reminiscent of Goethe’s character, Mignon.
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