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Jaap Bos and Leendert Groenendijk: The Self Marginalization of Wilhelm Stekel: Freudian Circles Inside and Out

Jaap Bos and Leendert Groenendijk: The Self Marginalization of Wilhelm Stekel: Freudian Circles... The American Journal of Psychoanalysis, 2009, 69, (80–91) © 2009 Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis 0002-9548/09 www.palgrave-journals.com/ajp/ Book Reviews Edited by Riva L. Tait, Ph.D. The Self Marginalization of Wilhelm Stekel: Freudian Circles Inside and Out , Jaap Bos and Leendert Groenendijk, Springer Science and Business Media, New York, 2007, 222pp. In July 1912, Wilhelm Stekel writes to Sigmund Freud, “ You know how much you mean to me and the part I play in your history. In the history of psychoanalysis our names are closely linked and I remain the prophet, you the Allah ” (p 185)! In another note his fl owery language seems to plead for some small amount of recognition, “ In the rich garland of blossoming fl owers with which you decorated your friend Ferenczi ’ s head I found a little violet I claim to be mine. Not in public! God forbid. Just to call to your own mind, which seems to show a tendency to forget me ” (p 180). Clinical thinking can help us speculate on the meaning of these comments: Stekel as Freud ’ s promoter, disseminating his ideas and linking himself with the master ’ s greatness; Stekel http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Journal of Psychoanalysis Springer Journals

Jaap Bos and Leendert Groenendijk: The Self Marginalization of Wilhelm Stekel: Freudian Circles Inside and Out

Brenner, Roberta
The American Journal of Psychoanalysis , Volume 69 (1) – Mar 16, 2009
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Copyright © 2009 by Palgrave Macmillan
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Psychology; Clinical Psychology; Psychotherapy; Psychoanalysis
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0002-9548
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The American Journal of Psychoanalysis, 2009, 69, (80–91) © 2009 Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis 0002-9548/09 www.palgrave-journals.com/ajp/ Book Reviews Edited by Riva L. Tait, Ph.D. The Self Marginalization of Wilhelm Stekel: Freudian Circles Inside and Out , Jaap Bos and Leendert Groenendijk, Springer Science and Business Media, New York, 2007, 222pp. In July 1912, Wilhelm Stekel writes to Sigmund Freud, “ You know how much you mean to me and the part I play in your history. In the history of psychoanalysis our names are closely linked and I remain the prophet, you the Allah ” (p 185)! In another note his fl owery language seems to plead for some small amount of recognition, “ In the rich garland of blossoming fl owers with which you decorated your friend Ferenczi ’ s head I found a little violet I claim to be mine. Not in public! God forbid. Just to call to your own mind, which seems to show a tendency to forget me ” (p 180). Clinical thinking can help us speculate on the meaning of these comments: Stekel as Freud ’ s promoter, disseminating his ideas and linking himself with the master ’ s greatness; Stekel

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