The Correspondence of Sigmund Freud and Sandor Ferenczi: 1914-1919 (Vol 2 : 1914-1919)

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Summary: Freud & ferenczi during WWI:the tumultuous but creative days
Review: In this volume of the correspondence, we witness how the two pioneers of psychoanalysis toured their way through the war years. In their intimate and mutually sustaining letters, we saw how Freud shared his utmost worry about the plight of his sons enlisted, as Ferenczi apparently became his surrogate son. We also read Ferenczi's self-torture in imprisoning himself between the two women: Gizella and Elma [who were mother and daughter] and Freud's fatherly role in this episode. These were also the days when Ferenczi had his long-desired but truncated analyses with Freud; and also the time of Ferenczi gradually hatching from his dependency on Freud, paving the way for the bitter conflict in the years to come [recorded in Volume 3 of this series]. As Freud shared his budding ideas with Ferenczi who provided honest and insightful feedback, we come to believe that psychoanalysis is the creation of not just Freud, but Freud and Ferenczi. This volume is a must for all those who are interested in the early history of psychoanalysis, the dissolution of certain long-held myth [as created by Ernest Jones' official biography] as well as the inner worlds of the two great men behind.