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Discourse on Hamlet and Hamlet: A Psychoanalytic Inquiry
Book by Eissler, Kurt R.
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First published July 1, 1971
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Kurt R. Eissler
19 books2 followersKurt R. Eissler (2 July 1908 – 17 February 1999) was an Austrian psychoanalyst and a close associate and follower of Sigmund Freud.
K. R. Eissler took a PHD in psychology at Vienna University in 1934, and underwent a training analysis with August Aichhorn. His first psychoanalytic contribution, an article on early female development, was published in 1939, to be followed by others on anorexia nervosa and shock treatment. With the Anchluss, Eissler moved to the States, where he developed into a combative supporter of the Freudian theory. Of his twelve, often heated and extensive books, some half dealt with issues in Freud's life and work, the other half with figures from high culture such as Shakespeare and Goethe.
Eissler provided a spirited defence of the death drive, and introduced the term 'parameter' to codify deviations from pure interpretation in the Freudian tradition.
He saw creative art as emanating from an asocial element in the artist's mind, and as offering a form of conflict-resolution that need not be shared by the artist themselves. He also considered that some forms of regression were of benefit to the artist in enabling them to break out of “the traditional pattern that he has been forced to integrate through the identifications necessitated and enforced by the oedipal constellation”.
K. R. Eissler took a PHD in psychology at Vienna University in 1934, and underwent a training analysis with August Aichhorn. His first psychoanalytic contribution, an article on early female development, was published in 1939, to be followed by others on anorexia nervosa and shock treatment. With the Anchluss, Eissler moved to the States, where he developed into a combative supporter of the Freudian theory. Of his twelve, often heated and extensive books, some half dealt with issues in Freud's life and work, the other half with figures from high culture such as Shakespeare and Goethe.
Eissler provided a spirited defence of the death drive, and introduced the term 'parameter' to codify deviations from pure interpretation in the Freudian tradition.
He saw creative art as emanating from an asocial element in the artist's mind, and as offering a form of conflict-resolution that need not be shared by the artist themselves. He also considered that some forms of regression were of benefit to the artist in enabling them to break out of “the traditional pattern that he has been forced to integrate through the identifications necessitated and enforced by the oedipal constellation”.
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