Dark Traces of the Past: Psychoanalysis and Historical Thinking

by Jürgen Straub and Jörn Rüsen

The relationship between historical studies and psychoanalysis remains an open debate that is full of tension, in both a positive and a negative sense. In particular, the following question has not been answered satisfactorily: what distinguishes a psychoanalytically oriented study of historical realities from a historical psychoanalysis? Skepticism and fear of collaboration dominate on both sides. Initiating a productive dialogue between historical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845457536
• ISBN13: 9781845457532
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"