Title: Back to the Roots: The Influence of Ian D. Suttie on British Psychoanalysis
Abstract:Thus article discusses several ideas of the Scottish psychiatrist Ian D. Suttie concerning childhood and the nature of mental suffering. Suttie is seen as the prototype of a British Independent psycho...Thus article discusses several ideas of the Scottish psychiatrist Ian D. Suttie concerning childhood and the nature of mental suffering. Suttie is seen as the prototype of a British Independent psychoanalyst because he combined a thorough knowledge of Freudian theory with a "structure of feeling" grounded in both British psychology and the Hungarian psychoanalytic tradition originating with Ferenczi. The author also highlights how a number of prominent contemporaries in psychology and psychiatry, including William McDougall and W. H. R. Rivers, played a significant role in the development of such a "structure of feeling" in British psychoanalysis.Read More
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-03-01
Language: en
Type: article
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