Volume 2, Number 10 · June 25, 1964
Psychiatry After Freud
By Hans Meyerhoff
The Vital Balance
by Karl Menninger, by Martin Mayman, by Paul Pruyser
Viking, 531 pp., $10.00
The Revolution in Psychiatry
by Ernest Becker
Free Press, 276 pp., $5.50
It is not easy to work up much enthusiasm over the state of psychoanalysis since Freud ceased writing. Gone are the days when excitement ran high over the 'revolution' released by the impact of Freud's discoveries. To some they promised a great liberation; to others they posed a great threat. Now the general feeling is more cautious, more sober, and more tired. Psychoanalysis has settled down as part of the Establishment; and neither the hopes of some nor the fears of others have come to pass. It used to be said that Freud marked the beginning of a new age in the study of man. In historical perspective. I think, he is more likely to be viewed as a voice from the past.
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