title: Not "filed away as finally dealt with".
abstract: This essay considers some historical, clinical, and personal dimensions of Sandor Ferenczi's contributions to psychoanalysis. It uses a clinical framework to develop a new perspective of the Freud-Ferenczi relation (and of its impact on the development of psychoanalysis), which despite smoldering conflict, persisted for twenty-five years and was Freud's longest-lasting intimate friendship. A case is made for the open, undefensive, experience-drenched basis of Ferrenczi's work to assure its continuing usefulness to the psychoanalyst of today, which, as is demonstrated, can lead in surprising directions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry at the University of Southern California, USA. jvida@spence.net
authors.forename: Judith E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Vida
mesh_terms: D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006814:Hungary; D011572:Psychoanalysis / Q000266:history*; D011574:Psychoanalytic Theory; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy