ABSTRACT

Presents a classic essay by Sigmund Freud, followed by discussions that set Freud's work in context and demonstrate its contemporary relevance. The contributors to this volume represent diverse perspectives from different regions of the psychoanalytic world.

part 1|28 pages

A Child Is Being Beaten (1919)

part 2|160 pages

Discussion of “A Child Is Being Beaten”

chapter 1|16 pages

Not for Barbarians

An Appreciation of Freud’s “A Child Is Being Beaten”

chapter 2|20 pages

“A Child Is Being Beaten”

A Clinical, Historical, and Textual Study

chapter 5|17 pages

The Scene and Its Reverse

Considerations on a Chain of Associations in Freud

chapter 6|21 pages

“A Child Is Being Beaten”

A Seminar with Candidates from the Perspective of Contemporary Psychoanalysis

chapter 9|10 pages

Construction of a Fantasy

Reading “A Child Is Being Beaten”