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the WINTER/SPRING 2006 AMERICAN Volume 40, No. 1 PSYCHOANALYST Quarterly Publication of The American Psychoanalytic Association SPECIALP EDITION On May 6, 1856, Freud’s SIGMUND FREUD was born in the small members of the American Psychoanalytic 150th Anniversary town of Freiberg, Austria, now the Czech Association and invited guests. This issue seeks Republic. In this Special Edition of The Ameri- to set off a few depth charges to sound the can Psychoanalyst, we celebrate that day, 150 water’s depth and, as though with sonar, to What Cost? Perspectives from the History of years ago, with 11 articles from distinguished map the contours of the intellectual seabed. the Free Psychoanalytic Clinics,” points out Peter Loewen- the powerful impact on Freud of turn-of-the- berg, in his article century social democracy. on “Freud as a We have attempted to stand in the histor- Cultural Histo- ical moment and raise necessary questions rian,” quotes W.H. about the future. So Robert Michels ques- Auden describing tions whether the goal of psychoanalytic edu- Freud as “a whole cation is to train effective practitioners in the climate of opin- community or advance the growth of psy- ion.” Writing an choanalytic theory. And Robert Paul finds that overview, “Pre- contemporary anthropologists, split between dicting the Future evolutionary and biological thinkers and cultural of Psychoanalysis,” thinkers, must be challenged by Freud’s ease in Sander Abend moving between the two realms. Mark Smaller, notes that the in an interview, engages Mark Solms in a dis- high point of psy- cussion about his involvement with neuro- choanalytic treat- psychoanalysis, the physiological correlates ment may be of psychic functions that Freud hoped would past, but Freud’s be established. And Henry Smith, looking at increasing impor- technique, considers the ubiquity of neces- tance in countries sary enactments in the world of transference. of the Middle East We have been pleased so many noted au- and Asia suggests thors have agreed to participate in our forum. a challenge to The humanities, as seen above and below, arguments that he have provided fertile fields for psychoanalytic is solely a product thinking. Naomi Janowitz traces a number of of fin-de-siècle contemporary responses to Freud’s contri- Vienna. Yet Eliza- butions to religious studies. Elisabeth Young- Photo: The Andy Warhol Foundation, Inc. / Art NY Resource, Photo: The Andy Warhol Ten Portraits of Jews of the 20th Century: Sigmund Freud beth Ann Danto, Bruehl discusses the impact of a concept from Andy Warhol 1980 in her article, “At Continued on page 2 THE AMERICAN PSYCHOANALYST • Volume 40, No. 1 • Winter/Spring 2006 CONTENTS: Winter/Spring 2006 THE AMERICAN PSYCHOANALYTIC ASSOCIATION President: Jon Meyer 3 A House Divided Jon Meyer President-Elect: K. Lynne Moritz Secretary: Prudence Gourguechon Where Do We Go from Here? Eric J. Nuetzel Treasurer: Warren Procci 4 Executive Director: Dean K. Stein 5 APsaA Election Results 6 International TAP Edited by Christine Ury THE AMERICAN PSYCHOANALYST Publication of the SPECIAL EDITION American Psychoanalytic Association Editor Michael Slevin Member, Council of Editors Freud’s 150th Anniversary of Psychoanalytic Journals P Associate Editor and International Editor Christine Ury National Editor Predicting the Future of Psychoanalysis Sander M. Abend 7 Prudence Gourguechon At What Cost? Perspectives from the History of the Editorial Board 9 Brenda Bauer, Vera J. Camden, Free Psychoanalytic Clinics Elizabeth Ann Danto Leslie Cummins, Maxine Fenton Gann, Sheri Hunt, Laura Jensen, 11 Freud on Religion: Looking Back at the Future Jack Miller, A. Michele Morgan, Of an Illusion Naomi Janowitz Caryle Perlman, Marie Rudden, Hinda Simon, Gittelle Sones, Lynn Stormon, Julie Tepper, 13 Bringing the Soul into Neuroscience: Jane Walvoord, Robert S. White, An Interview with Mark Solms Mark D. Smaller Dean K. Stein, ex officio William D. Jeffrey, Consultant 15 Education and Training in Psychoanalysis Robert Michels Paul Mosher, Consultant Michael and Helene Wolff, Interpreting Transference Action Henry F. Smith Technology Management Communications, 16 Manuscript and Production Editors Freud: Found in Translation Emmett Wilson, Jr. 17 The American Psychoanalyst is published quar- terly. Subscriptions are provided automatically 19 Freud’s Influence on Anthropology Robert A. Paul to members of The American Psychoanalytic Association. For non-members, domestic and Nonverbal Art and Psychoanalysis: Canadian subscription rates are $32.50 for indi- 21 viduals and $75 for institutions. Outside the U.S. Form Holds Key to Aesthetic Experience Gilbert J. Rose and Canada, rates are $52.50 for individuals and $95 for institutions. 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Eschewing the traditional English and German standard editions in this psychoanalytic approach to aesthetics paral- new, and invigorating, context. ISSN 1052-7958 leling the interpretation of dreams, Gilbert All in all, on publication of our forum, which The American Psychoanalytic Association does Rose investigates the importance of form in could easily have been enhanced by many not hold itself responsible for statements made in nonverbal art. In his two-pronged essay, Peter times over the number of contributions, we are The American Psychoanalyst by contributors or Loewenberg reveals the importance of empa- convinced that psychoanalysis is thriving in advertisers. Unless otherwise stated, material in The American Psychoanalyst does not reflect thy and imagination in historical research and this, the year of Freud’s sesquicentennial. the endorsement, official attitude, or position of understanding and, in counterpoint to Danto, —Michael Slevin The American Psychoanalytic Association or The American Psychoanalyst. points to Freud’s pessimism. Editor,TAP 2 THE AMERICAN PSYCHOANALYST • Volume 40, No. 1 • Winter/Spring 2006 FROM THE PRESIDENT though we never became a membership organiza- polarization are in full sway? The reasons are simi- A House Divided tion and as though no one ever questioned why lar to those 10 years ago: This plan was innovative Jon Meyer there should be any substitute for the direct vote of and complex, requiring thought, and self-interest members in electing their representatives. Nothing held sway. To simplify the objectives behind the The theory, is more democratic than the vote. reorganization effort, there were only two major practice, and insti- Our members invest in the Association through goals. The first was to invest members with directly tutions of psycho- many wellsprings of affiliation: interests in clinical elected representation on the board of directors, to analysis began with work, activism, friendships, continuing education, sci- streamline the board of directors to a functional size, Sigmund Freud. ence, psychoanalytic and psychotherapy education, and to make provision for needed extra-analytic tal- This issue is a beau- and standards. Most members are not ideologues, ents in fundraising, public relations, law, finance, tiful marker of his could not care less about slogans, and do not employ governmental relations, and corporate relations. A effort—of where one-issue litmus tests. Unfortunately, in politics modern board has to raise money, not just oversee he began, the we have slogans (democracy, standards), enemies its expenditure, and it has to provide needed impact he made, (“BOPSists,” training analysts, the “Wednesday expertise and access to accomplish the Association’s Jon Meyer and some of the Group”), litmus tests (firewalls, New York law), missions of protecting psychoanalysis and seeing it challenges facing psychoanalysis in the year 2006. threats of legal schism (compliance, externalization), thrive. The second task was to secure and stabilize A serious challenge and threat face our Association, and, ultimately, a shortage of statesmanship. the major asset of our educational programs in a as we work to reorganize. That work is critical; and There have been efforts before to deal with time of transition. Education is our number one pri- I must turn our attention to it on this, the 150th these chronic tensions through reorganization. The ority, but if our fiduciaries choose to overlook that, anniversary of Freud’s birth. last one, about 10 years ago, crashed and burned in then there should at least be concern about those No one could have witnessed the rancorous the Council for two reasons: It was a flawed plan functions as our major source of new members, proceedings in Council or paid even the slightest and many councilors voted their self-interest. I know now and for the future. One way to stabilize that attention to the listservs without realizing that because I was one who led the charge against what asset was through the mechanism of a subsidiary our governance is in crisis. As the E-news bulletins I viewed as a cumbersome plan and, besides, I was corporation—one of the three possibilities out- show, the Association is doing well yet governance not going to let anyone take away my newly acquired lined by Bjorklund—which would keep BOPS within has been unable to put a framework around our Council seat. What we got as a result was another the Association yet allow some insulation for the most contentious issues.