title: Fred Plaut in conversation with Andrew Samuels. Interview by Andrew Samuels.
abstract: This is a reprint of an interview of Fred Plaut (who died in June 2009) conducted by Andrew Samuels in mid-1988 and first published in April 1989 in the Journal, 34, 2, pp. 159-83. The interview covers Plaut's early life, his career, and historical observations of the development of the Society of Analytical Psychology from its beginnings, and of the wider community of Jungian analysis. Plaut reflects uninhibitedly on such topics as the role of leadership in analytical psychology, discussing the parts played by Michael Fordham in London and Hannes Dieckmann in Berlin. Plaut explains his thinking concerning individuation.
authors.forename: Fred
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Plaut
mesh_terms: D005858:Germany; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007207:Individuation; D007602:Jungian Theory; D011572:Psychoanalysis / Q000266:history*; D013557:Switzerland