title: [Marjorie Brierley and the beginnings of the London Middle Group].
abstract: This article presents an introduction to the life and work of Marjory Brierley (1893-1984) who, but for her paper on affects published in 1936, is nowadays relatively unknown. A member of the British Psychoanalytical Society since 1927, she withdrew from active work around 1950. In the 30s, she developed her psychoanalytic and scientific approach, centered on metapsychological issues. In the early 40s she played an important role in the Controversial Discussions between the groups around Melanie Klein and Anna Freud. She remained independent, refusing any idealization, bound only by her obligation to her scientific principles. With this attitude, she can be regarded as a typical pioneer of the later Middle Group or the Independents. After the controversy, Brierley elaborated her metapsychological and ethical ideas in four major papers.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Huppke
mesh_terms: D000339:Affect; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008131:London; D011572:Psychoanalysis / Q000266:history*; D006113:United Kingdom