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This article relates to The Interpretation of Murder
The Interpretation of Murder is
inspired by the real-life mystery
surrounding Freud's one and only
visit to America in 1909 when he came to
deliver lectures at Clark University.
The trip appeared to be a tremendous
success and Freud was portrayed
glowingly in newspapers. However,
he returned to Europe referring to
Americans as "savages" and "primitives"
and blaming America for his breakdown in
health, even though he had been sick
well before visiting the USA.
Although many of Freud's theories have
been rejected, his memory, and some of
his methods, live on. One example
is the "Freudian slip" (medically known
as parapraxia - from the Greek para -
beside, and praxis - action) in which a
slip of the tongue is thought to reveal
a repressed motive. Another, is
the "talking-cure" - when Freud first
proposed that patients be allowed to
talk over their problems his methods
were considered revolutionary and not
all that welcome. Today, talk
therapy is a fundamental part of
treatment, even amongst psychiatrists
who have rejected Freud's other
theories.
More about Freud at BookBrowse.
The Swiss psychiatrist and writer
Carl Jung was born in 1875 and died
in 1961. His work focused on the
exploration of the unconscious.
The ubiquitous
Myers-Briggs Personality Inventory
test is based on his theories.
Also of interest:
An
interview with Jed Rubenfeld at
BookBrowse.
The Interpretation of Murder
website - which includes an
enjoyable but too brief photographic
tour of historical New York.
This "beyond the book article" relates to The Interpretation of Murder. It originally ran in September 2006 and has been updated for the June 2007 paperback edition. Go to magazine.
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