FREUD Appraisals and Reappraisals C o n t r i b u t i o ns to Freud Studies V o l u me 2 This page intentionally left blank FREUD Appraisals and Reappraisals Contributions to Freud Studies Volume 2 EDITED BY PAUL E. STEPANSKY First published 1988 by The Analytic Press This edition published 2014 by Routledge 711 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10017 27 Church Road, Hove, East Sussex BN3 2FA Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business Copyright © 1988 by The Analytic Press. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form, by photostat, microform, retrieval system, or any other means, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Main entry under title: Freud, appraisals and reappraisals. Includes bibliographies and index. 1. Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939. 2. Psychoanalysis. 1. Stepansky, Paul E. BF173.F85F727 1986 150.19'52 85-22814 ISSN 0892-8177 ISBN 0-88163-038-1 (v. 1) ISBN 0-88163-065-9 (v. 2) ISBN 0-88163-074-8 (v. 3) Contents ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Vll CONTRIBUTORS ix EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION: PATHWAYS TO FREUD'S IDENTITY xi Major Essays Disappointment and the Ability to Mourn: De-Idealization as a Psychological Theme in Freud's Life, Thought, and Social Circumstance, 1906-1914 3 —Peter Homans Freud as Fictionalist: The Imaginary Worlds of Psychoanalysis 103 —Richard E. Geha Brief Contribution The Myth of Freud as Anti-philosopher 163 —Patrici a Herzog INDEX 191 V This page intentionally left blank Acknowledgments Special thanks to Eleanor Starke Kobrin for skillful line editing of the papers comprising Volume 2 of Freud: Appraisals and Reap praisals and for seeing the volume through production with her usual competence and good cheer. My wife, Deane Rand Stepansky, and my sons, Michael David Stepansky and Jonathan Peter Step- ansky, collectively provided the sustaining environment in which my work on this series could go forward. To them, as always, my heartfelt gratitude. —PES This page intentionally left blank Contributors RICHARD E. GEHA, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist and psycho analyst in private practice. He is a graduate and member of the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research (New York), where he has served on the faculty. He also holds an M.A. in English literature. In 1984 a double issue of the journal Interna tional Forum for Psychoanalysis (volume 1, numbers 3 & 4) was devoted to Dr. Geha's paper, "On Psychoanalytic History and the 'Real' Story of Fictitious Lives," and a series of commentaries. He continues to develop his fictional viewpoint in ongoing projects. PATRICIA HERZOG, Ph.D. received her doctorate in philosophy from Harvard University in 1983. She is currently revising her dissertation, Conscious and Unconscious, for inclusion in the Psy chological Issues monograph series. Her research interests center on the conceptual framework of Freud's theory of mind. PETER HOMANS, Ph.D. teaches at the University of Chicago, where he is both Professor of Social Sciences in the College and a faculty member of the Divinity School. His research and writing center on psychoanalytic subjects and contemporary culture. He has written books on Freud, Erikson, and Jung. His most recent work, Jung in Context: Modernity and the Making of a Psychology (1979), has been translated into Italian and Japanese. ix