title: Otto Fenichel and the left opposition in psychoanalysis.
abstract: David Rapaport's collection of Otto Fenichel's Rundbriefe (1934-1945) is described as a recently rediscovered, 2,500-page primary source for studying the intellectual and organizational history of European-American psychoanalysis. Beginning as the confidential newsletter of the Reich-Fenichel "Left opposition" within the International Psychoanalytic Association, its function became primarily intellectual as Fenichel's group ceased to function as a caucus. It ended when its editor decided to devote himself to the struggle against neo-Freudianism within psychoanalysis, and to practice as a licensed physician.
authors.affiliation: University of Wisconsin, Kenosha 53141.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Harris
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authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brock
mesh_terms: D005619:Freudian Theory; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D011572:Psychoanalysis / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States