The Cut and the Building of Psychoanalysis ─ Sigmund Freud and Sandor Ferenczi

This volume considers Freud’s psychoanalytic work alongside social and medical practices in the late 19th century, exploring the role of women and femininity in relation to Freud’s self-analysis. Drawing on his work with Emma Eckstein, as well as comparing and contrasting it with the theory and practice of Sandor Ferenczi, a prominent Hungarian psychoanalyst known for his belief in the truthfulness of clients reporting sexual abuse in childhood, the book provides an original and important perspective for the field.

Carlo Bonomi is President of the International Sandor Ferenczi Network and Chair of the 13th International Sandor Ferenczi Conference (Florence, 2018), a training and supervising analyst at the Societa Italiana di Psicoanalisi Sandor Ferenczi (SIP-SF), Associate Editor of the International Forum of Psychoanalysis and on the editorial board of several psychoanalytic journals. He has taught History of Psychology and Dynamic Psychology at the State University of Florence and is a former President of the Centre for Historical Studies of Psychoanalysis and Psychiatry.