A Forgotten Freudian: The Passion of Karl Stern PDF
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A FORGOTTEN FREUDIAN The History of Psychoanalysis Series Professor Brett Kahr and Professor Peter L. Rudnytsky (Series Editors) Other titles in the Series Her Hour Come Round at Last: A Garland for Nina Coltart edited by Peter L. Rudnytsky and Gillian Preston Rescuing Psychoanalysis from Freud and Other Essays in Re-Vision by Peter L. Rudnytsky Ferenczi and His World: Rekindling the Spirit of the Budapest School edited by Judit Szekacs-Weisz and Tom Keve Freud in Zion: Psychoanalysis and the Making of Modern Jewish Identity by Eran J. Rolnik Ferenczi for Our Time: Theory and Practice edited by Judit Szekacs-Weisz and Tom Keve The Clinic and the Context: Historical Essays by Elisabeth Young-Bruehl Sandor Ferenczi–Ernest Jones: Letters 1911–1933 edited by Ferenc Eros, Judit Szekacs-Weisz, and Ken Robinson The Milan Seminar: Clinical Applications of Attachment Theory by John Bowlby, edited by Marco Bacciagaluppi Ferenczi and Beyond: Exile of the Budapest School and Solidarity in the Psychoanalytic Movement during the Nazi Years by Judit Mészáros Looking Through Freud’s Photos by Michael Molnar Psychoanalytic Filiations: Mapping the Psychoanalytic Movement by Ernst Falzeder The Abandonment Neurosis by Germaine Guex (translated by Peter Douglas) The Life and Times of Franz Alexander: From Budapest to California by Ilonka Venier Alexander Freud and the Dora Case: A Promise Betrayed by Cesare Romano The Freudian Orient: Early Psychoanalysis, Anti-Semitic Challenge, and the Vicissitudes of Orientalist Discourse by Frank F. Scherer Karl Abraham: Life and Work, a Biography by Anna Bentinck van Schoonheten A FORGOTTEN FREUDIAN The Passion of Karl Stern Daniel Burston First published in 2016 by Karnac Books Ltd 118 Finchley Road London NW3 5HT Copyright © 2016 by Daniel Burston The right of Daniel Burston to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with §§ 77 and 78 of the Copyright Design and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A C.I.P. for this book is available from the British Library ISBN-13: 978-1-78220-346-9 Typeset by V Publishing Solutions Pvt Ltd., Chennai, India Printed in Great Britain www.karnacbooks.com Dedicated to Gregory Baum, for a lifetime of service to all humanity CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix ABOUT THE AUTHOR xi SERIES EDITOR’S FOREWORD xiii PREFACE xix A NOTE ON ABBREVIATIONS xxiii CHAPTER ONE Early years: 1906–1932 1 CHAPTER TWO Psychiatry, psychoanalysis, and politics: 1932–1935 31 CHAPTER THREE London to Montreal: 1935–1949 49 vii viii CONTENTS CHAPTER FOUR The Pillar of Fire: 1950–1955 81 CHAPTER FIVE Through dooms of love: 1955–1967 105 CHAPTER SIX A legacy lost: 1968–1975 143 CHAPTER SEVEN Freud, faith, and phenomenology 161 CHAPTER EIGHT A Hebrew Catholic 181 CHAPTER NINE Judaism and Catholicism in Stern and Lacan 221 AFTERWORD 231 REFERENCES 235 INDEX 247 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This book would never have been written without the kindness, co-operation and steadfast support of Katherine (Stern) Skorzewska, Professor Gregory Baum, and the late Dr. Noel Walsh. The insights, information, and encouragement they gave me have been invaluable. I am also deeply indebted to Karl Stern’s daughter-in-law Lilian (Stern) Kapp, her daughter Eva Marie Stern, and Lilian’s sons Philip and Stephen Stern. The many hours I spent in conversation and correspond- ence with them inform every chapter of this book. Also, my heartfelt thanks to Katherine’s husband Olaf Skorzewski, and to their daughter Dr. Anna Skorzewska and her partner, Dr. Andreas Motsch, and to a long list of generous and insightful Montrealers, includ- ing Professor Sherry Simon, Professor Robert Schwartzwald, Professor Andrée Levesque, Dr. Maurice Dongier, Dr. Israel Libman, Dr. Brendan and Mary Campbell, and last but not least, Deborah Ostrovsky. Warm thanks to Professor Emeritus Donald Carveth, of York University’s soci- ology department, and to my fellow Yinzers (Pittsburghers) Dr. Carlos Placci and Professor Paula Kane, Marrous Professor of Catholic Stud- ies at the University of Pittsburgh, and to my colleagues Marie Baird, Aimee Light, and Laura Edwards, who read and commented on vari- ous chapters. Their scholarship and support have been invaluable. ix
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