Collected Psychoanalytic Works of Sabina Spielrein, Volume 2

Later Works from Lausanne, Geneva and Rostov-on-Don
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-21123-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 244 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

This is the second of two volumes of totally new English translations of all the known published psychoanalytic works of Sabina Spielrein, an important early proponent of psychoanalysis—and in particular of child psychoanalysis—who anticipated much of its later development.

This second volume includes translations of Spielrein’s later work from Lausanne, Geneva, and Rostov-on-Don. The first volume features her early work from Zürich, Vienna, and Berlin. This collection brings together all of Spielrein’s published writing in a consistent and clear style for an English-speaking audience. Dedicated to retaining the cadence and expression of Spielrein’s original writings, these translations convey the complexity and richness of her work, situating these texts in the times and places in which they were written. It includes a critical preface, as well as a cristical and historical introduction to each chapter. The editors and translators also highlight significant terms and expressions, and provide critical and historical annotations throughout, allowing scholars to trace the development of Spielrein’s thought, in order to gain a fuller understanding of her work and contribution to psychoanalytic theory and practice.

Essential for the serious study of Spielrein’s own theoretical elaboration, this book is for psychoanalysts, psychoanalytic psychotherapists, and scholars in related fields, as well as those interested in the writings of influential women.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional Reference

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weller, Christiane

Plastow, Michael Gerard

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Psychoanalyse (S. Freud)
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Psychoanalyse (C.G. Jung)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Editors’ and Translators’ Introductory Remarks on the Translation (Volume 2)

1. Two Papers from Lausanne (1915-1920)

1.1. Introduction

1.2. Paper: An Unconscious Verdict

1.3. Paper: Expressions of the Oedipus Complex in Childhood

2. Five Communications from 1920

2.1. Introduction

2.2. Paper: Little Renata’s Theory of the Origin of Man

2.3. Paper: The Sense of Shame in Children

2.4. Paper: The Weak Woman

2.5. Paper: On Numbers and Arithmetic Problems that are Difficult to Remember

2.6. Paper: Repressed Oral Erotism

3. Three Short Clinical Papers in Geneva (1921-1923)

3.1. Introduction

3.2. Paper: A Brief Analysis of an Infantile Phobia

3.3. Paper: Postage Stamp Dream

3.4. Paper: An Observer-Type

4. Two Reports, Geneva (1921-1922)

4.1. Introduction

4.2. Paper: Russian Literature

4.3. Paper: Switzerland

5. Who is the Author of the Crime?

5.1. Introduction

5.2. Paper

6. The Emergence and Development of the Child’s Words Papa and Mama

6.1. Introduction

6.1. Paper: On the Question of the Emergence and Development of Spoken Language

6.2. Paper: On the Emergence of the Child’s Words Papa and Mama

7. Two Clinical Papers in French, Geneva 1923

7.1. Introduction

7.2. Paper: Dream and Vision of Shooting Stars

7.3. Paper: The Motor Car: Symbol of Male Potency

8. The Three Questions

8.1. Introduction

8.2. Paper

9. Some Analogies Between the Thought of the Child, that of the Aphasic, and that of Subconscious Thought

9.1. Introduction

9.2. Paper: The Thought Process of a Two-and-a-half-year-old Child

9.3. Paper: Some Analogies Between the Thought of the Child, that of the Aphasic, and that of Subconscious Thought

10. Time in the Subliminal Life of the Soul

10.1. Introduction

10.2. Paper: Psychological Considerations on the Problem of Time

10.3. Paper: Time in the Subliminal Life of the Soul

11. Some Short Notes on Childhood

19.1. Introduction

19.2. Paper

12. On Dr Skalkovsky’s Paper

12.1. Introduction

12.2. Paper

13. Children’s Drawing with Eyes Open and Closed

13.1. Introduction

13.2. Paper

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Gerard Plastow is a psychoanalyst of The Freudian School of Melbourne, School of Lacanian Psychoanalysis, Australia. He is the author of Sabina Spielrein and the Poetry of Psychoanalysis (Routledge, 2019).

Christiane Weller is Associate Professor in European Languages (German) at Monash University, Australia. She has published extensively on German literature and in the medical humanities (psychoanalytic theory, psychiatric art collections, psychosis and writing). She is a member of The Freudian School of Melbourne, School of Lacanian Psychoanalysis.