History of Psychoanalysis
About the Book Series
This series seeks to present outstanding new books that illuminate any aspect of the history of psychoanalysis from its earliest days to the present, and to reintroduce classic texts to contemporary readers.
To find out how to submit a proposal for this series, please contact Peter L. Rudnytsky at [email protected], or Susannah Frearson at [email protected].
Ida and Pepina: The Remarkable Lives of Freud's 'Dora' and 'Frau K'
1st Edition
By Andrew W. Ellis, Oliver Raitmayr
March 05, 2027
Ida and Pepina is a compelling biography that explores the intertwined lives of two Jewish women who lived through the social, cultural, and political upheavals of Austria from the 1880s to the 1940s. This meticulously researched book traces the lives of Ida Bauer Adler, famously known as Freud's ...
Self-Writing in Psychoanalysis: Autobiographical Narratives and the Heteronyms of the Psyche
1st Edition
By Agnes Sobolewska Alsberg
March 01, 2027
Self-Writing in Psychoanalysis explores the biographical and autobiographical narrative strategies employed by psychoanalysts and examines the diverse roles that biographies, memoirs, and autobiographies have played within psychoanalytic literature. Drawing on both published and previously ...
Fragments of Freud: Essays on Freud, His Family, His Circle and His Patients
1st Edition
By Andrew W. Ellis
February 26, 2027
Fragments of Freud offers a fresh and compelling exploration of Sigmund Freud's life, relationships, and legacy through a series of meticulously researched essays. Delving into previously untapped sources, Andrew W. Ellis uncovers new insights into Freud's childhood, his family dynamics, and the ...
The Psychoanalysis of Nazism: Language and the Unconscious in the Third Reich
1st Edition
By Laurence A. Rickels
November 26, 2026
The Psychoanalysis of Nazism explores the intricate relationship between psychoanalysis, language, and the sociopolitical forces of Nazi Germany. Through a detailed examination of psychoanalytic discourse during the Third Reich, the book reveals how analysts navigated the constraints of censorship ...
Who Betrayed John Rittmeister?: A Psychoanalytic Mystery from Nazi Berlin
1st Edition
By Laurence A. Rickels
October 23, 2026
Who Betrayed John Rittmeister? unravels the mystery of betrayal, resistance and psychoanalysis in the shadow of Nazi Berlin. Rickels delves into the enigmatic circumstances surrounding the arrest and execution of John Rittmeister, a psychoanalyst and member of the resistance group Rote Kapelle. ...
Between Genius and Tragedy: A Psychoanalytic Portrait of Viktor Tausk
1st Edition
By Francisco Balbuena Rivera
July 23, 2026
Between Genius and Tragedy: A Psychoanalytic Portrait of Viktor Tausk offers a compelling intellectual biography and a nuanced psychoanalytic exploration of Tausk’s character and thought, tracing both his theoretical-clinical innovations and the personal struggles that shaped his life and enduring ...
Reading Freud’s Beyond the Pleasure Principle: Trauma and Life
1st Edition
By Herman Westerink
July 03, 2026
Reading Freud’s Beyond the Pleasure Principle presents a new reading of this foundational text, based on the hypothesis that the work was written in two phases. Herman Westerink explores the idea that Freud put the first version of 1919 aside because he found the conclusions he drew from his line ...
Sigmund Freud’s Inner Divisions: Personal and Theoretical
1st Edition
By Ken Fuchsman
January 22, 2026
Sigmund Freud’s Inner Divisions shows how the limits of Freud’s theory are linked to his inner conflicts, particularly those relating to his father. Ken Fuchsman undertakes a close reading of how what Freud wrote during self-analysis reflected his inner personal divisions. This book explores how ...
Sigmund Freud on the Way to Paris, 1873-1885: Foundations of Psychoanalysis
1st Edition
By Giosuè Ghisalberti
December 22, 2025
Sigmund Freud on the Way to Paris, 1873–1885 poses a question: where does psychoanalysis begin? Giosuè Ghisalberti considers how Freud’s own development – in terms of both his formal education and his personal growth – influenced the development of psychoanalysis. Rather than a beginning to ...
Freud Against God: The Development of Sigmund Freud’s Atheism
1st Edition
By Christfried Toegel
November 13, 2025
Freud Against God traces the development of Freud’s atheism, from his youth through to Moses and Monotheism, published in 1939. Christfried Toegel takes a largely chronological approach, tracing how biographical developments in Freud’s life and political events gradually led to his conviction that ...
The Vicissitudes of Psychoanalysis in Soviet Russia, 1930-1980
1st Edition
By Lizaveta van Munsteren
August 22, 2025
This book considers the changing fortunes of psychoanalysis in Soviet Russia from 1930 to 1980. Approaching social history in a psychoanalytic key, Lizaveta van Munsteren argues that the growing split between official and informal languages of the time produced multiple strategies to keep alive the...
The Subversive Edge of Psychoanalysis
1st Edition
By David James Fisher
November 08, 2024
The Subversive Edge of Psychoanalysis examines the radical and non-conformist perspectives of both classical and contemporary psychoanalysis. The chapters included in this book span the course of David James Fisher’s career. They contextualize significant cases from the recent history of ...