Of all the things he could have ignored, how called a jewish psychiatrist fail to explain racism. of course he killed himself before the holocaust, but stil ....
2007-07-01 17:50:42 · 5 answers · asked by $0.02 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
I would agree with Amy, but I tend to think that the matter is more complicated than what she discribed in her answer.
Firstly, blacks (generally speaking, of course) have been hesitant to embrace psychoanalysis. Why? Well, I think many (perhaps most) recognize that psychoanalysis always seems to address matters of sex and gender while excluding race matters. From my point of view, and what I think is (or may be) the point of view of many others (including some blacks), it aligns itself more with white privilege than it does with racial equality. Psychoanalysis originated as being deeply imbedded in racism. And Freud, despite his brilliance, was a racist.
Just an example to illustrate--
In the ''Life and Work of Sigmund Freud'', Freud's biographer states that Freud (in 1924) referred to an American patient as "his *****". He (Freud's biographer) further explains that Freud identified with the lion in an 1886 cartoon-- "a cartoon in the Fliegende Blatter depicting a yawning lion muttering 'Twelve o'clock and no *****'''-- and that, likewise, Freud told others variations of this joke for several years.
By identifying himself with the lion in the 1886 cartoon, Freud established a link between the analyst/doctor-patient relationship and the master-slave relationship. This reveals a lack of balance in the functioning of all of the former. It also reveals his own anxiety. Being a Viennese Jew, Freud was a member of a group which was highly discriminated against. He felt rejected and, therefore, rejected society. My reasoning is that Freud's prejudice was a defense against his Jewish identity, an identity which made him uncomfortable and was perhaps one of the reasons why he didn't practice Judaism and rejected religious traditions.
I could say so much more-- But if no one is "making heads or tails" of what I've said so far then I doubt that I could say anything to change that.
2007-07-03 11:08:46 · answer #1 · answered by SINDY 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Because he studied family dynamics and how it effects the personality of an individual. He concentrated on family issues and roles in the family. That's kind of like asking why a dentist doesn't do surgery. Totally different areas of medicine.
2007-07-01 18:03:11 · answer #2 · answered by amyaz_98 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I disagree through fact it form of feels very extraordinary that somebody who wasn't racist replaced into waiting to place themselves in an IR, yet someway grew to become racist as quickly as they have broken up. human beings do not many times substitute their minds in the direction of race purely after being in a courting with them and break it off. All broken relationships harbor some undesirable thoughts in spite of the races of the two companions in contact. If something i think of it provides human beings greater existence adventure.
2016-09-28 21:32:58 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because he was jewish. Jewish people think they are the best race. So why would he care to analyze something that didn't benefit him.
Besides pyschologists are usually crazy that is why they analyze and study this mind **** all the time.
2007-07-01 18:00:14 · answer #4 · answered by Beauty&Brains 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Never thought about it. Good question. I'll make sure to ask him during the next seance =)
2007-07-01 18:27:00 · answer #5 · answered by kentuckygal 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋