Plato’s Ghost: Minus Links and Liminality in Psychoanalytic Practice

Abstract

tained if we overlook important happenings: the accusations of sexual relations with a patient; his greed (charging $400 a session to some, the equivalent of $1200 today); and the curtailment of his training analyst responsibilities. Nevertheless, Caroline Zilboorg has done a great favor for those interested in history of psychoanalysis. Her book deserves to be read, not only as a colorful account of a fascinating analytic figure, but also as the portrait of a life of spectacular accomplishment as well as moral and ethical weakness.