Marco Conci Knihy

The narrative reflects on Marco's insightful curiosity and openness, which evoke the imaginative spirit of childhood. His writing highlights the significance of psychoanalysis, particularly its historical context, in shaping the identities of analytic candidates. It emphasizes the importance of exploring new ideas and connections to understand one's legacy and identity. By engaging with lesser-known paths and perspectives, individuals can discover their roles as analysts, echoing Freud's focus on the unexplored dimensions of the human psyche.

This volume presents appreciations, written by twelve experts, of the successors of Freud and their most important theoretical contributions and lasting influence on psychoanalytic practice and theory formation. The discoveries made by Freud's successors are the basis for a pluralistic form of psychoanalysis in which the empirical findings of these outstanding personalities are still able to flow into contemporary psychotherapeutic treatments. The outline biographies not only cast fresh light on the history of psychoanalysis in each country, but also clarify how closely the psychologists' lives and work were often connected.

Conci stellt erstmals in deutsch Leben und Gesamtwerk Harry Stack Sullivans (1892–1949) vor, der aus dem Feld der Psychiatrie kommend Freuds Theorie der Psychoanalyse vor allem um die Bedeutung interpersonaler und gesellschaftlicher Einflüsse erweiterte. Dabei geht Conci chronologisch vor. Vor dem Hintergrund der Geschichte der amerikanischen Psychotherapie im 19. Jahrhundert und der Einführung der Psychoanalyse zeichnet er Sullivans persönliche und inhaltliche Entwicklung nach. Sullivans zuweilen umstrittene Schriften hatten und haben bis heute maßgeblichen Einfluss auf die Psychotherapie der Schizophrenie, auf die interpersonale Theorie der Psychotherapie und den Dialog mit den Sozialwissenschaften.