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1919: PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHOANALYSIS, CAMBRIDGE AND LONDON — MYERS, JONES AND MACCURDY.

Authors :
Forrester, John
Source :
Psychoanalysis & History. 2008, Vol. 10 Issue 1, p37-94. 58p.
Publication Year :
2008

Abstract

Viewing the reception of psychoanalysis in Britain from Cambridge, the paper examines the intertwining histories of the post-War British Psychological Society and the founding of the British Psycho-Analytical Society, following the initiatives of the two principal psychological entrepreneurs of the era, Charles Myers and Ernest Jones. Reforms in Cambridge in which psychoanalysis played a significant part are analysed, including the foundation of a Clinic for Nervous Diseases and the establishment of a separate Department of Experimental Psychology. The career of J.T. MacCurdy, Jones's student and Lecturer in Psychopathology at Cambridge, is discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subjects

Subjects :
*PSYCHOLOGY
*PSYCHOANALYSIS

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
14608235
Volume :
10
Issue :
1
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Psychoanalysis & History
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
32585648
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3366/E1460823508000044