Elizabeth Lunbeck

American social critics in the 1970s seized on narcissism as the sickness of the age. But they missed the psychoanalytic breakthrough that championed it as the wellspring of ambition, creativity, and empathy. Elizabeth Lunbeck's history opens a new view on the central questions faced by the self struggling amid the crosscurrents of modernity.

The Americanization of Narcissism

Bennett Simon

This fascinating book, which presents an early psychoanalyst’s session-by-session notes on a case of hysteria caused by severe sexual trauma and incest, offers a vivid portrait of psychoanalytic practice in the second decade of the twentieth century. Accompanying these notes are insightful commentaries by Elizabeth Lunbeck and Bennett Simon that situate the case historically and throw light on the many difficulties that both analyst and patient encountered in the treatment. The book will be of great interest to students of the history of psychoanalysis and other psychological therapies, to those interested in the history of women and gender, and to clinicians struggling with the treatment of severely traumatized patients today.

Case Notes from an American Psychoanalysis, 1912

Family Romance, Family Secrets

Lorraine Daston

Includes bibliographical referrences and index.

Histories of Scientific Observation

Angela N. H. Creager

M. Norton Wise

Matthew Norton Wise

A comparison of the use of model systems and exemplary cases across fields in the natural and social sciences.

Elizabeth Lunbeck

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