Shortly before and during World War II many European psychoanalysts found refuge in South America, concentrated in Buenos Aires. Here, together with local professionals, they created a strong, creative and productive psychoanalytic movement that in turn gave birth to theoretical and clinical contributions that transformed psychoanalysis, psychology, medicine and culture in South America. The Pioneers of Psychoanalysis in South America is a collection of those pioneers’ papers, introducing the reader to a body of ideas and advancements, many of which have had limited and piecemeal exposure within the psychoanalytic community in the rest of the world until now.
Key Features
- Editors: Nydia Lisman-Pieczanski and Alberto Pieczanski
- Includes original papers and essays, many never before published in English
- Chapters accompanied by scholarly introductions from psychoanalysts who knew the pioneers
- Divided into six main sections: Psychoanalytic process, Psychoanalytic technique, Metapsychology, Psychoanalysis of children, Culture and society, Psychosomatic medicine
- Accessible material for psychoanalysts globally
Additional Information
The chapters present the material in a way that is accessible to psychoanalysts from across the globe and will enable them to incorporate the ideas and practices outlined here into their everyday psychoanalytic work.
