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Van Waning A.
The works of pioneering psychoanalyst S. Spielrein
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The works of Russian psychoanalyst Sabina
Spielrein (1885—1942) are reviewed. S. Spielrein
played a special and intriguing role in the
development of psychoanalytic thinking in the
beginning of the century. After having been
intimately involved with Jung in personal and
professional ways, later on in her life she
adhered more to the Freudian psychoanalytic
approach. She kept corresponding with both men for
many years. Her own articles, 32 in number, have
gotten little attention so far, except for
«Destruction as a cause of coming into being» in
which she anticipated the «death wish» concept.
The themes of love, destruction and creativity are
woven into her work and life. The diversity of
partners she chose to work with — next to Jung and
Freud also with Piaget — and her linguistic and
neuropsychological interests show her to be a
versatile and self-willed pioneer. It is concluded
that so far S. Spielrein has not received the
recognition she deserves.
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