title: [Is the psyche antiquated? A typology of psychotherapeutic critique of civilization in the works of Alexander Mitscherlich].
abstract: In the oeuvre of the psychotherapist Alexander Mitscherlich, one of the founding-fathers of psychosomatic medicine in post-war Germany, three basic types of critique of civilization can be identified. They each imply a specific conception of the relation between modernity and psychological disorder. Mitscherlich's ideas on the topic have evolved in a manner consistent with his appropriation of psychoanalysis and his confrontation with the causes and consequences of human behaviour during the time of national socialism.
authors.affiliation: Medizinhistorisches Institut, Universität Bonn.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Roelcke
mesh_terms: D005858:Germany; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000266:history*; D011056:Political Systems / Q000266:history*; D011572:Psychoanalysis / Q000266:history*; D011611:Psychosomatic Medicine / Q000266:history*
vernacular_title: Ist die Psyche antiquiert? Typen der psychotherapeutischen Zivilisationskritik im Werk von Alexander Mitscherlich.