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NYU Postdoctoral Program
The Evolution of Freud’s Thought – II
Spring, 2013
Elliot M. Kronish, Ph.D.
This course begins with a continuation of Freud’s technique papers, particularly
emphasizing Freud’s ideas about memory and its retrieval in the psychoanalytic setting.
We will continue with a discussion of some of Freud’s most significant psychoanalytic
contributions, including the introduction of the concept of narcissism, the significance of
sado-masochism and aggression in psychic development, and a consideration of Freud’s
ideas about of object relations. Also to be considered is Freud’s final dual instinct theory,
and how this impacted on the evolution of the structural model of the mind, the central
importance of ego development and functioning, and a re-evaluation of the central
concepts of anxiety, repression, and defense. Finally, Freud’s final thoughts on the nature
of sexuality, gender development, the nature of the mind and psychoanalysis as a clinical
modality will be assessed. Throughout all of our discussions, current thinking about the
subjects under consideration will be included.
Week 1: Technique Papers (continued from Freud I)
Observations on Transference Love, SE XII, 157-171.
Remembering, Repeating and Working Through, SE XII, 145-156
Friedman, L. (1991). A Reading of Freud’s “Papers on Technique,” Psychoanalytic
Quarterly, 60: 564-595.
Fonagy, P. (1999). Memory and Therapeutic Action. Int. J.Psychoanal., 80: 215-223.
Week 2: Narcissism
On Narcissism: An Introduction, SE XIV, 67-104.
Sandler, J. (1963). “The Ego Ideal and the Ideal Self,” The Psychoanalytic Study of the
Child, 18: 139-158
Weeks 3 and 4: Transformation of Instincts
Instincts and Their Vicissitudes, SE XIV, 109-140.
Character and Anal Erotism, SE IX, 167-176.
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Week 5: The Final Dual Instinct Theory
Beyond the Pleasure principle, SE XVIII, 1-64.
New Introductory Lectures, Lecture, XXXII, SE XXII, 81-111.
Week 6: Theories of Aggression
A Child is Being Beaten, SE XVII, 175-204.
The Economic Problem of Masochism, SE XIX, 155-172.
Novick, K.K., Novick, J. (1987). The Essence of Masochism. Psychoanal. Study of the
Child, 42: 353-384
Weeks 7 and 8: Freud’s Object Relations Theory
Mourning and Melancholia, SE XIV, 237-258.
Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego: Chapters 5, 7, 8, 11, SE, XVIII, 65144..
Some Character Types Met With in Psychoanalysis, SE XIV, 309-336.
Bach, S. (2002). “Sado-Masochistic Relations,” Journal of Clinical Psychoanalysis, 11:
225-235.
Ogden, T.H. (2002). A New Reading of the Origins of Object Relations Theory. Int. J.
Psychoanal., 83: 767-782.
Weeks 9 and 10: The Structural Theory
The Ego and the Id, SE XIX, 1-66.
Brenner, C. (2002). “Conflict, Compromise Formation, and Structural Theory,”
Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 61: 397-417.
Schafer, R (1960). “The Loving and Beloved Superego in Freud’s Structural Theory,”
Psychoanalytic Study of the Child, 15: 163-188
Weeks 11 and 12: Theories of Anxiety
Compton, A. (1972). “A Study of the Psychoanalytic Theory of Anxiety 1: The
Development of Freud’s Theory of Anxiety,” Journal of the American Psychoanalytic
Association, 20: 3-44.
Inhibitions, Symptoms and Anxiety, SE XX, 75-176.
Hurvich, M. (2003). “The Place of Annihilation Anxieties in Psychoanalytic Theory,”
Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 51: 579-616.
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Week 13: Sexuality-Later Conceptualizations
The Dissolution of the Oedipus Complex, SE XIX, 173-182.
Female Sexuality, SE XXI, 221-246.
P. Tyson (1986). Female Psychological Development. Ann. Psychoanal., 14: 357-373.
Week 14: Neurosis and Psychosis
Neurosis and Psychosis, SE XIX, 149-154.
The Loss of Reality in Neurosis and Psychosis, SE XIX, 183-190.
Negation, SE XIX, 235-240.
Fetishism, SE XXI, 147-158.
Week 15: Concluding Thoughts
Analysis Terminable and Interminable, SE XXIII, 209-254.
An Outline of Psychoanalysis, SE XXIII, 139-208.
Blum, H.P. (1987). Analysis Terminable and Interminable: A Half Century
Retrospective. Int. J. Psychoanal., 68: 37-47.