Uffa Jensen (Berlin) will speak on: Did Freud Really Invent Psychoanalysis? A Global History in Berlin, London, and Calcutta 1910–1940
The lecture discusses the transnational history of psychoanalysis by examining therapeutic
practicesin Berlin, London, and Calcutta. By situating the major protagonistsin a wider therapeutic
culture, complex issues of the diffusion of knowledge and practices emerge. Studying a non-Western setting like Calcutta challenges many assumptions about the history of psychoanalysis among them Freud’s pivotal role in it.
Uffa Jensen is a post-doctoral researcher at the Center for the History of Emotions at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin. He is currently writing a global history of psychoanalysis from the perspective of the history of emotions. His publications include Das Selbst zwischen Anpassung und Befreiung: Psychowissen und Politik im 20. Jahrhundert, edited with Maik Tändler (2012); and Rationalisierungen des Gefühls: Zum Verhältnis von Wissenschaft und Emotionen 1880–1930, edited with Daniel Morat (2008).
Veranstaltungsort: DHI London, Seminar Raum
Uhrzeit: 17:30 Uhr
