Chapter 1 Our Myth; Chapter 2 The 1895 Case History; Chapter 3 Kreuzlingen; Chapter 4 Constructions; Chapter 5 The 1882 Report; Chapter 6 Carl Hansen; Chapter 7 Retrospective Hallucination; Chapter 8 Simulation;
Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at the University of Washington. He is the author of The Freudian Subject, Lacan: TheAbsolute Master and The Emotional Tie: Psychoanalysis,Mimesis, and Affect and is co-editor of the forthcoming The Past of an Illusion: Psychoanalysis and itsHistorians.
"This graceful and carefully researched deconstruction of the
founding myth of psychoanalysis reads like a detective
thriller...Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen provides an unsparing
point-by-point comparison of Josef Breuer's 1882 case with Anna O.
and the case history published 13 years later in 1895 of his
celebrated patient. This book will appear alike to those interested
in myths and legends, in the ways in which stories weave together
to make history, in the rich sources of psychoanalysis in journals,
letters, and case reports, and not least of all, in the treatment
of women in therapy." -- Rachel T.Hare-Mustin, Haverford, PA
Hysteria's Notorious History
"Borch-Jacobsen'sRemembering Anna O. is an example of "the new
Freud Studies" -scholarly academic explorations which for the most
part come to bury psychoanalysis rather than praise it." -- The San
Francisco Jung Institute Library Journal
"In a closely argued and well-documented book, he demonstrates that
almost everything beloved by psychoanalysts about the case of Anna
O. is false...Remembering Anna O. takes the myth to pieces piont by
point." -- Stuart Sutherland, University of Sussex THES
"This quasi-anonymity, no doubt the fruit of judicious appeal to
medical professional confidentiality, produced the original fiction
in the procession of "case histories" which were to entrance the
readers of psycho-analytic literature." -- Canadian Review of
Comparative Literature
"Because of the book's scope and its correction of the factual
record, Remembering Anna O. is a valuable contribution to the small
body of critical literature about her case." -- American
Scientist
"...a groundbreaking new book..." -- New York Review ofBooks
"Borch-Jacobsen...maintains that the case is a myth and offers
persuasive evidence in support of his heresy. His book is an
entertaining exercise in irreverent detection, regardless of one's
position on Freud." -- AtlanticMonthly
"[Borch-Jacobsen] writes an effective expose that reads like a
detective story. It sparkles with light and heat... [It is]
valuable in the ongoing effort to undetstand how and why Freud
became one of the greatest influences of our century." -- Library
Journal
"...groundbreaking new book." -- The New York Review
"These are illuminating findings about the prehistory of
psychoanalysis." -- John Gedo, University of Chicago
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