Freud and his father

Translated by Arnold J. Pomerans.. Preface by Helm Stierlin.. Originally published as Freud und sein vater by C.H. Beck'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Muenchen, 1979.. English translation c1986 by Norton.

Preface - Helm Stierlin. Foreword to the American edition. Foreword. Part 1 - The crisis in Freud's life and thought. 1 Before the crisis (1885-96). 2 The acute phase of the crisis (Summer 1896-Autumn 1897). 3 After the crisis (Winter 1897-Autumn 1899). 4 Conclusions: the significance of the rejection of the seduction theory. Part 2 - Prehistory: Kallamon Jacob Freud. 1 Political and intellectual currents in the history of Galician Jewry. 2 Life in the Galician Shtetl. 3 Tysmenitz. 4 Jacob Freud's childhood and his first marriage to Sally Kanner in Tysmenitz. 5 The break with tradition. 6 Conclusions: the "Old Man's" secret. Part 3 - The trauma: Sigmund Freud's childhood and youth. 1 The web of relationships in Freiberg. 2 The departure from Freiberg. 3 The early years in Vienna. 4 Visits to Freiberg. 5 Freud's half-brothers in England. 6 Conclusions: Jacob Freud's mandate and the crisis of 1896-97. Part 4 The fulfillment of the mandate. 1 Sigmund Freud and the Moses of Michelangelo. 2 Sigmund Freud, the man Moses. 3 Conclusions: reckoning up

'A crucial turning point in the development of psychoanalysis was Freud's rejection of his original "seduction theory," which held that neurosis resulted from sexual seductionat an early age....With meticulous historical research and persuasive use of the theories of family systems, Dr. Krull reveals the forces that dictated Freud's rejection of his original theory. The solution to the mystery...lies in Freud's tangled relationship with his father. It was in attempting to honor his father by not looking too closely into his past that Freud transferred the main responsibility for neurosis from the parents to the inescapable, universal process of psychic development.'

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