Freud's Mexico

Into the Wilds of Psychoanalysis

Rubén Gallo (Princeton University)

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English

MIT Press
21 August 2015

History of the Americas; Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology)

Series: The MIT Press

Freud's Mexican disciples, Mexican books, Mexican antiquities, and Mexican dreams.

Freud's Mexico is a completely unexpected contribution to Freud studies. Here, Ruben Gallo reveals Freud's previously undisclosed connections to a culture and a psychoanalytic tradition not often associated with him. This book bears detailed testimony to Freud's relationship to a country he never set foot in, but inhabited imaginatively on many levels.

In the Mexico of the 1920s and 1930s, Freud made an impact not only among psychiatrists but also in literary, artistic, and political circles. Gallo writes about a ""motley crew"" of Freud's readers who devised some of the most original, elaborate, and influential applications of psychoanalytic theory anywhere in the world. After describing Mexico's Freud, Gallo offers an imaginative reconstruction of Freud's Mexico- Freud owned a treatise on criminal law by a Mexican judge who put defendants-including Trotsky's assassin-on the psychoanalyst's couch; he acquired Mexican pieces as part of his celebrated collection of antiquities; he recorded dreams of a Mexico that was fraught with danger; and he belonged to a secret society that conducted its affairs in Spanish.

Freud's Mexican disciples, Mexican books, Mexican antiquities, and Mexican dreams.

Freud's Mexico is a completely unexpected contribution to Freud studies. Here, Ruben Gallo reveals Freud's previously undisclosed connections to a culture and a psychoanalytic tradition not often associated with him. This book bears detailed testimony to Freud's relationship to a country he never set foot in, but inhabited imaginatively on many levels.

In the Mexico of the 1920s and 1930s, Freud made an impact not only among psychiatrists but also in literary, artistic, and political circles. Gallo writes about a ""motley crew"" of Freud's readers who devised some of the most original, elaborate, and influential applications of psychoanalytic theory anywhere in the world. After describing Mexico's Freud, Gallo offers an imaginative reconstruction of Freud's Mexico- Freud owned a treatise on criminal law by a Mexican judge who put defendants-including Trotsky's assassin-on the psychoanalyst's couch; he acquired Mexican pieces as part of his celebrated collection of antiquities; he recorded dreams of a Mexico that was fraught with danger; and he belonged to a secret society that conducted its affairs in Spanish.

By: Rubén Gallo (Princeton University)
Imprint: MIT Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 32mm
Weight: 1.089kg
ISBN: 9780262528443
ISBN 10: 0262528444
Series: The MIT Press
Pages: 424
Publication Date: 21 August 2015
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ruben Gallo is Director of the Program in Latin American Studies and Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures at Princeton University. He is the author of Mexican Modernity- The Avant-Garde and the Technological Revolution (MIT Press).

Reviews for Freud's Mexico: Into the Wilds of Psychoanalysis

Rigorously disciplined yet wildly exuberant. -- Eduardo Gonzalez MLN In addition to being mind-stretching reading, this book is also visually rich and beautifully produced. -- John Dorfman Art & Antiques

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Winner of AAUP Book, Jacket and Journal Show Design Awards: Scholarly Illustrated Category 2011.
Winner of Winning entry, Scholarly Illustrated Category, 2011 AAUP Book, Jacket, and Journal Show 2011