{"title":"Sigmund Freud and Suicide—In His Life and in His Writings","authors":"K. Larsen, A. Zachrisson","doi":"10.1353/aim.2023.a901545","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:Freud did not construct a coherent theory about suicide, but reasoning about and analyses of suicide are scattered throughout his writings, both in the case histories and in his theoretical writings. In this article the authors present Freud’s reference and comments t suicide and self-harming actions, and an updated investigation of Freud’s biography regarding his person experiences of death and suicide and his reactions to them. Finally, the circumstances surrounding Freud’s own death by physician assisted suicide are presented.","PeriodicalId":44377,"journal":{"name":"AMERICAN IMAGO","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.1000,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"AMERICAN IMAGO","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1353/aim.2023.a901545","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract:Freud did not construct a coherent theory about suicide, but reasoning about and analyses of suicide are scattered throughout his writings, both in the case histories and in his theoretical writings. In this article the authors present Freud’s reference and comments t suicide and self-harming actions, and an updated investigation of Freud’s biography regarding his person experiences of death and suicide and his reactions to them. Finally, the circumstances surrounding Freud’s own death by physician assisted suicide are presented.
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Founded in 1939 by Sigmund Freud and Hanns Sachs, AMERICAN IMAGO is the preeminent scholarly journal of psychoanalysis. Appearing quarterly, AMERICAN IMAGO publishes innovative articles on the history and theory of psychoanalysis as well as on the reciprocal relations between psychoanalysis and the broad range of disciplines that constitute the human sciences. Since 2001, the journal has been edited by Peter L. Rudnytsky, who has made each issue a "special issue" and introduced a topical book review section, with a guest editor for every Fall issue.