Melancholy or Love
Review of Freud’s Mourning and Melancholy read full review in Hebrew in Haaretz Review of Books>>
Articles
Translation and its Discontent
Originally published on the occasion of the new Hebrew Translation to Freud’s Civilization and its Discontent this article recounts the history of Freuds Hebrew translations. Read full review in Hebrew in Haaretz >>
Dreaming with Freud
The Umbilical Cord of Psychoanalysis: Freud’s Theory of Dreams In this article, originally written on the occasion of the New Hebrew translation to Freud’s “The Interpretation of Dreams” ([2007] 1900), I consider Freud’s Dream theory in light of the paradigmatic shifts that characterised his thinking as well as post-Freudian psychoanalytic
In Praise of Anxiety
The concept of anxiety has been haunting psychoanalytic theory from its earliest days. The omnipresence of “the mother of all affects” in various models of the mind could thus be regarded as the Shibboleth of each model’s basic assumptions and epistemological foundations. It further seems that although anxiety does not
Between Technique and Ethic
Between Technique and Ethic, Between Hermeneutics and Science: Freud’s right guess This paper reviews Freud’s papers on technique and reappraises them in light of contemporary psychoanalytic discourse. By sketching the historical background to these texts and by examining the dialectical tension between modern scientific and hermeneunicist currents within psychoanalysis the paper
Berliner Empfindlichkeiten, russische Bildwelten und Jerusalemer Wirklichkeiten
Die Etabilierung der Psychoanalyse im Juedischen Palaestina/Israel The paper examines the interplay between Eastern and Central European intellectual traditions in the establishment of psychoanalysis in Palestine/Israel. Read full paper in German in Jahrbuch der Psychoanalyse>>
Migration and Interpretation
paper read before the Polish Psychoanalytic Society that was consequently published in the Society’s bulletin. read the paper in Polish>>
Vor Babel: Freud Lesen Freud Übersetzen
Der vorliegende Beitrag enthält Überlegungen zur Lektüre, zur Lehre und zur Übersetzung des Freudschen Werks; ferner zum Übersetzen ganz allgemein und zu einer möglichen Verwandtschaft zwischen Übersetzung und analytischem Prozess. Read the paper as published in Psyche>>
Final Analysis
The Psychoanalytic Movement and its first encounter with National Socialism in Hebrew The paper reconstructs and critically evaluates the history of the psychoanalytic movement in the years following the Nazi Party’s accession to power in Germany. The article highlights the first reactions of Sigmund Freud’s closest disciples to the course
Bialik
Throbbing between Stars and Abyss: a Reconsideration of the Mood Swings in the life and work of the Poet Chaim Nachman Bialik MEKAROV (with Ariel Simkin) in Hebrew read full paper>>