1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911100969203321

Autore

Steiner Riccardo

Titolo

Tradition, Change, Creativity : Repercussions of the New Diaspora on aspects of British Psychoanalysis / / Riccardo Steiner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Taylor and Francis, , 2018

ISBN

0-429-92314-7

0-429-90891-1

0-429-48414-3

1-282-90059-5

9786612900594

1-84940-301-5

9780429484148

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (376 p.)

Disciplina

150.195

150.1950941

Soggetti

Psychoanalysis - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Tradition and change -- pt. 2. Issues emerging from the Freud-Klein controversies : Vienna/London -- pt. 3. Cultural context and applied psychoanalysis.

Sommario/riassunto

"A companion volume to It is a New Kind of Diaspora. Taking up where that book leaves off, it traces some of the consequences of the emigration of German and Austrian psychoanalysts to London, particularly in the context of the British Psycho-Analytical Society's "Controversial Discussions". The first part of the book, "Tradition and Change" traces some general issues related to the Discussions, in particular drawing on documentary sources from the Archives of the British Psycho-Analytical Society. The second part focuses on one crucial issue in the Discussions - the differing interpretations formulated about the psychic life of babies during the first six months of life. Throughout this section, and the rest of the book, Dr Steiner constantly stresses the larger social and political contexts within which psychoanalysis exists. The last part examines the legacy of the



Discussions in the work of one of the most distinguished Kleinian analysts, Hanna Segal, and in particular her work on creativity and aesthetics."--Provided by publisher.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911144307003321

Autore

Echenberg Myron J

Titolo

Plague ports : the global urban impact of bubonic plague,1894-1901 / / Myron Echenberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, c2007

ISBN

0-8147-2282-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (367 p.)

Disciplina

614.5/732

Soggetti

Plague - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Illustrations -- 1. An Unexampled Calamity -- 2. City of the Plague -- 3. The Plague Has at Last Arrived -- 4. They Have a Love of Clean Underlinen and of Fresh Air -- 5. A Bubonic Plague Epidemic Does Not Exist in This Country Buenos Aires, 1900 -- 6. The Victory of Hygiene, Good Taste, and Art -- 7. Plague in Paradise -- 8. Black Plague Creeps into America -- 9. The Inhabitants of Sydney No More Go Barefoot Than Do the Inhabitants of London -- 10. It Is a Miracle We Are Not Visited by a Black Plague -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

A century ago, the third bubonic plague swept the globe, taking more than 15 million lives. Plague Ports tells the story of ten cities on five continents that were ravaged by the epidemic in its initial years: Hong Kong and Bombay, the Asian emporiums of the British Empire where the epidemic first surfaced; Sydney, Honolulu and San Francisco, three “pearls” of the Pacific; Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro in South America; Alexandria and Cape Town in Africa; and Oporto in Europe.Myron Echenberg examines plague's impact in each of these cities, on the politicians, the medical and public health authorities, and especially on the citizenry, many of whom were recent migrants crammed into



grim living spaces. He looks at how different cultures sought to cope with the challenge of deadly epidemic disease, and explains the political, racial, and medical ineptitudes and ignorance that allowed the plague to flourish. The forces of globalization and industrialization, Echenberg argues, had so increased the transmission of microorganisms that infectious disease pandemics were likely, if not inevitable.This fascinating, expansive history, enlivened by harrowing photographs and maps of each city, sheds light on urbanism and modernity at the turn of the century, as well as on glaring public health inequalities. With the recent outbreaks of SARS and avian flu, and ongoing fears of bioterrorism, Plague Ports offers a necessary and timely historical lesson.