Lost Legacy of Franz Alexander

Name: Lost Legacy of Franz Alexander
SKU: 9781800132764
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Author: Ilonka Venier Alexander
ISBN: 9781800132764

A Psychoanalytic Pioneer Revisited

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

AvIlonka Venier Alexander

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Franz Alexander began his psychoanalytic career in 1920s Berlin at the vanguard of the psychoanalytic movement. He won the admiration of Freud who praised him as “extraordinarily good” and “one of our strongest hopes for the future”. He later moved to the US and was a pivotal figure in American psychoanalysis, but his work moved into obscurity following disagreements with other key figures in the field. Fast forward to today and many of Alexander’s methods have become common practice in psychotherapeutic treatment. His granddaughter, Ilonka Venier Alexander, is determined to bring his contributions to the attention of a whole new generation unfamiliar with this early titan of the field.In order to bring the work of Franz Alexander to as wide an audience as possible, this book is written in an engaging style to pique the interest of students, practitioners, and academics, including those unfamiliar with psychoanalysis. Topics discussed include juvenile delinquency and criminology; the mind–body connection and the concept of psychosomatic medicine; the use of evidence-based research to measure the effectiveness of psychotherapy and other treatments; the corrective emotional experience; and short-term and flexible treatment in psychoanalysis. The latter two rank among the most controversial of his theories, yet they have stood the test of time and demonstrate his continuing importance to the field.For those interested in history, in psychoanalysis, and in fascinating life stories, this book is a must-read.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2025-09-25
Mått152 x 229 x 11 mm
Vikt316 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieFreud Museum London Series
Antal sidor208
FörlagKarnac Books
ISBN9781800132764

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Ilonka Venier Alexander is a US/Canadian author who began writing in 2014. She has written and published three previous books: The Life and Times of Franz Alexander: From Budapest to California, a biography of her famous grandfather; Growing Up Alexander: My Life with a Psychoanalytic Pioneer, documenting her family’s survival and escape during the Holocaust; and the memoir of her uncle Love and Survival: The Memoir of Arthur Renyi. She holds an undergraduate degree in constitutional history from a California university and a master’s in social work from the University of Southern California. Before becoming an author, she spent more than thirty years working in the field of mental health, with both children and adults in the US and Canada, and is a founding scholar of the British Psychoanalytic Council.The granddaughter of Dr Franz Alexander, one of the original thinkers and pioneers in the field of psychoanalysis, Ilonka grew up with him and was deeply influenced by his work. Her latest work examines the early history of psychoanalysis in the United States and Dr Alexander’s prominent role in shaping the field. It also explores the reasons why his contributions are not more widely recognised by contemporary scholars.

‘Ilonka Venier Alexander traces Franz Alexander’s thinking from his childhood in Budapest through his years at the Berlin Psychoanalytic Institute in the 1920s, his quarter century as director of the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, and finally his university-based research in Los Angeles. The author’s background in social work informs her understanding of her grandfather’s application of psychoanalysis to social, political, and cultural experience.’