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The Pursuit of the Nazi Mind. Hitler, Hess, and the Analysts.
Daniel Pick
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Paperback. The story of how psychoanalysis was used in the war against Nazi Germany - in the crucial quest to understand the Nazi mind. Num Pages: 368 pages, 27 black and white plates. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJH; HBJD; HBLW; HBWQ; JWK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
The story of how psychoanalysis was used in the war against Nazi Germany - in the crucial quest to understand the Nazi mind. Daniel Pick brings both the skills of the historian and the trained psychoanalyst to weave together the story of clinical encounters with leading Nazis and the Allies' broader interpretations of the Nazi high command and the mentality of the wider German public who supported them. Following the bizarre capture of Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess in 1941, Pick follows closely the story of how leading British psychiatrists assessed their new charge, in an attempt ... Read more
The story of how psychoanalysis was used in the war against Nazi Germany - in the crucial quest to understand the Nazi mind. Daniel Pick brings both the skills of the historian and the trained psychoanalyst to weave together the story of clinical encounters with leading Nazis and the Allies' broader interpretations of the Nazi high command and the mentality of the wider German public who supported them. Following the bizarre capture of Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess in 1941, Pick follows closely the story of how leading British psychiatrists assessed their new charge, in an attempt ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199678518
SKU
V9780199678518
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About Daniel Pick
Daniel Pick is Professor of History at Birkbeck College, University of London. An editor of History Workshop Journal, he is also a practising psychoanalyst and a fellow of the British Psychoanalytical Society. He is the author of numerous works on European cultural history, including Svengali's Web: The Alien Enchanter in Modern Culture and, most recently, Rome or Death: The Obsessions ... Read more
Reviews for The Pursuit of the Nazi Mind. Hitler, Hess, and the Analysts.
In the last few years we have witnessed a growing historical interest in the contribution given by social sciences to the Allied war effort against Nazism. Daniel Picks book adds another fragment to this fascinating and controversial story.
Raffaele Laudani, War in History
a wide-ranging account of a fascinating topic
English Historical Review, Catherine Epstein
Raffaele Laudani, War in History
a wide-ranging account of a fascinating topic
English Historical Review, Catherine Epstein