Jewish Origins of the Psychoanalytic Movement

Jewish Origins of the Psychoanalytic Movement by Klein, Dennis B.. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780226439600.

Dennis B. Klein explores the Jewish consciousness of Freud and his followers and the impact of their Jewish self-conceptions on the early psychoanalytic movement. Using little-known sources such as the diaries and papers of Freuds protégé Otto Rank and records of the Vienna Bnai Brith that document Freuds active participation in that Jewish fraternal society, Klein argues that the feeling of Jewish ethical responsibility, aimed at renewing ties with Germans and with all humanity, stimulated the work of Freud, Rank, and other analysts and constituted the driving force of the psychoanalytic movement.