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07-01-1914 Abraham to Freud

* Berlin W, Rankestrasse 24

7.1.14.

Dear Professor,

Negotiations with the rapporteurs for the Yearbook worked well. I spend every free minute working on the drive to see.

What you told me about the genesis of masochism put me in recent days on a track that seems promising. It is the analysis of exhibitionism (as for-version, and not the general inclinations exhibitionists neurotics). Links with castration anxiety seem quite obvious. Exhibitionism, it would show the body part for which we feel the anguish, for different reasons, but mostly converge :

  1. Compulsion of anxiety with emphasis; we bare with anxiety (because of the threat of castration), listening and (as the masochist) the desire and the unconscious impulse to be castrated.
  2. We watch with challenge : despite the threat, I still have my penis!
  3. Desire to impose on the woman, or scare. Attempt to encourage the kind, women to do the same, debased sexual activity (castration anxiety) allowing no other process. (In most cases, there at the same time helplessness.) According to my analysis, the origin of the exhibition back with certainty to the mother. Attempt to compete with the father.

It's late, I also apologize for the poor presentation.

My wife cordially thank your daughter Anna's letter. For the rest, receive our greetings from family to family and best wishes for 1914.

As always, your

Karl Abraham.

06-01-1914 Freud to Ferenczi

445 FA

[Vienna], the 6 January 1914

Cher Ami,

Have you received a letter from Jung 1 for Congress, and what do you do? I hold a council of war, tomorrow, with R.[ank] and S.[achs].

The work of psychoanalysis Polish philosopher 2 is it usable?

An interesting letter from Putnam 3, flowing, You will receive shortly pro-.

Sincerely Freud

A. Postcard.

  1. Jung - A still president. P.I. - Had raised the issue of venue of the congress, planned for September 1914 ; finally, it did not happen, because of the First World War. See the following letters.
  2. Louise of Karpinska (1871-1936), originaire of Zakopane (Poland). Became professor of psychology at the University of Lodz.
  3. In his letter of 25 XII 1913 (Hale, Putnam, pp. 196-199), Putnam gives its position in relation to Freud and psychoanalysis, in the context of conflict with Jung.

03-01-1914 Freud to Ferenczi

444 F

Prof.. Dr. Freud

the 3 January 1914 Vienna, IX. Berggasse 19

D [crossed] Cher Ami,

The D [crossed] should show you that I just wrote to Jones. I knew nothing of the proposal he had made you, write an article on the symbolism for the Jahrbuch It seems to me that you only, among the great, are represented by any original contribution. The only excuse for this omission is that we must not let us bleed for this and only forum that Zeitschrift still needs a great care ; but it would still be more impressive if you could appear here too, what you want, naturally. The symbolism is perhaps not yet quite ripe.

I finished the Moses 2, but still, I do not know why you protested so strongly against my anonymity 3. Following, it will, or rather it will, the narciss.[name] more subjective and history of the movement [psy alpha]4, both for Jahrbuch. I'm fine and I'm easily the routine work.

I hope that nose job you did good. Today, I get to work with Loe, more vigorously.

I say cordially : "Happy New Year",

Your Freud


* Freud planned to begin his letter with "Dear", in English.

  1. See 446 Iron and notes 1.
  2. "The Moses of Michelangelo"; see 327 F and notes 8.
  3. The work was published anonymously in Imago (1914, 3, 15-36), with the following remark : "Writing has not refused this contribution, stricto sensu, does not match the program, because the author, connu d'elle, is close circles and analytical way of thinking still shows some resemblance to the psychoanalytic method. »

Freud écrit à Edoardo Weiss, the 12 IV 1933 : "My relationship with this work are much like those that could have a love child. (…) It was only much later that I have not legitimated the child analytic ", Correspondence 1873-1939, p. 452.

4, Freud, 1914c, "On Narcissism", trad. J. Laplanche, in Sexual Life, 1969, pp. 81-105, and 1914d : "Contribution to the history of the psychoanalytic movement", trad. S, Jankélévitch, in Five Lectures on Psychoanalysis, 1973, pp. 69-155.

00-00-1914 Ferenczi to Freud (undated)

457 Iron A

[Budapest, undated]

Very pleasantly surprised by the delivery Jelgersma. On a proposal of Abraham, I wrote yesterday Jelgersma and I asked him to give us speech for the Zeitschrift. More, next time.

F.[Ferenczi]

A. On the back of a business card with the same as above preprint, on 440 Iron. The printed side, in the upper right, with an ink and (perhaps) a different handwriting : 1914. The classification results in this year's content.