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The Reception of Psychoanalysis in Germany

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2009

Hannah S. Decker
Hannah S. Decker
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University of Houston
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This essay deals mainly with the factors influencing the reception of psychoanalysis in Germany. However, I will preface my discussion with two brief sections describing the events of the reception. Please note that as used here, Germany refers specifically to the state, and not to the German-speaking areas of central Europe.

Type
The Cultural Diffusion of Freudian Thought
Information
Comparative Studies in Society and History , Volume 24 , Issue 4 , October 1982 , pp. 589 - 602
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Copyright © Society for the Comparative Study of Society and History 1982

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