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<p>Psychoanalyst, teacher, and scholar, Heinz Kohut was one of this century's most important intellectuals. A rebel, according to many mainstream psychoanalysts, Kohut challenged Freudian orthodoxy and the medical control of psychoanalysis in America. His success in treating narcissistic disorders and his highly influential book <i>How Does Analysis Cure?</i> established Kohut's Self Psychology as the strongest rival to traditional psychoanalysis today.</p> <p><i>The Curve of Life</i> reveals Kohut's private and public life through a unique collection of lively and thoughtful correspondence with colleagues, public figures, family, and close friends. Over 300 never-before-published letters, drawn from Kohut's private files and from colleagues, cover Kohut's life from his native Austria in the 1930s until his death in 1981. Because many of his letters were so substantive, this rich collection clarifies Kohut's landmark published works. In letters to such diverse personalities as Anna Freud and Bruno Walter, Kohut meditated on some of the most intriguing psychoanalytic questions of the day—the nature of psychological cure, the relationship between doctor and patient, and the role of t

Author

Heinz Kohut (Author),Geoffrey Cocks (Editor)

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Published

1994

Language

EN

ISBN

9780226111704

Subjects

Memoir, Psychology, Medical