The Clinic and the Context: Historical Essays

This book comprises a collection of the distinguished psychoanalyst Elisabeth Young-Bruehl’s papers ranging from ‘Psychoanalysis and Social Democracy’, ‘Civilization and its Dream of Contentement’, ‘Reflections on Women and Psychoanalysis’ and ‘Reflections on Psychobiography’. Each essay is of value in its own right, and the collection together will be found to make an important contribution to our understanding of the history of psychoanalysis.