Foreword
Matthew Del Nevo
Introduction to Die Erotik: Nietzsche, Lou Andreas-Salome, and
Psychoanalysis
Gary Winship
Die Erotik [The Erotic]
Lou Andreas-Salome
Translated by John Crisp
Index
Andreas-Salome, Lou
-For many, this first English translation of Die Erotik may serve
as an introduction to Andreas-SalomE, who was unquestionably one of
the most interesting, original, and erudite intellectuals of her
day. . . . [Die Erotik] is a philosophical and psychological
reflection on the meaning and purpose of the erotic in our lives
and how it is this primal force that simultaneously serves to
connect us to the most basic and most transcendent aspects of our
existence. . . . In this brief but important essay, Andreas-SalomE
captures the essence of the erotic as a unifying force that serves
as the grounding of our humanity. . . . The Erotic is not just an
essential text of psychoanalysis: It is more than that and can
stand on its own as an important and insightful text that would
seem to be as relevant today as it was 100 years ago.- --James M.
Hepburn, PsycCRITIQUES -The publication at last of Lou
Andreas-SalomE's book, Die Erotik (1910), in English is very
welcome. Also welcome is the book's introduction by Gary Winship
detailing Andreas-SalomE's close involvement with Nietzsche, Rilke,
and Freud; her ethic of 'sexual continence' and 'mental eroticism';
and her pioneering account of the erotic as less a matter of
'interior pleasure' than as a way of establishing relations with
others.- --Janet Sayers, emeritus professor of psychoanalytic
psychology, University of Kent in Canterbury; author, Mothers of
Psychoanalysis -Until a few years ago I only knew of Lou
Andreas-SalomE from her letters to Freud and her psychoanalytic
writing on female sexuality. I did not realize that at the time she
met Freud she was more famous (and infamous) than him and had
published more widely. With a compelling introduction by Gary
Winship, the translation and publication of Die Erotik shows why a
writer so deeply concerned with the politics of sexuality was
destined to become such an important innovator in psychoanalysis; a
source of inspiration and judicious criticism for Freud and one of
his most intimate friends and collaborators.- --Ivan Ward, director
of education, Freud Museum
"For many, this first English translation of Die Erotik may serve
as an introduction to Andreas-SalomE, who was unquestionably one of
the most interesting, original, and erudite intellectuals of her
day. . . . [Die Erotik] is a philosophical and psychological
reflection on the meaning and purpose of the erotic in our lives
and how it is this primal force that simultaneously serves to
connect us to the most basic and most transcendent aspects of our
existence. . . . In this brief but important essay, Andreas-SalomE
captures the essence of the erotic as a unifying force that serves
as the grounding of our humanity. . . . The Erotic is not just an
essential text of psychoanalysis: It is more than that and can
stand on its own as an important and insightful text that would
seem to be as relevant today as it was 100 years ago." --James M.
Hepburn, PsycCRITIQUES "The publication at last of Lou
Andreas-SalomE's book, Die Erotik (1910), in English is very
welcome. Also welcome is the book's introduction by Gary Winship
detailing Andreas-SalomE's close involvement with Nietzsche, Rilke,
and Freud; her ethic of 'sexual continence' and 'mental eroticism';
and her pioneering account of the erotic as less a matter of
'interior pleasure' than as a way of establishing relations with
others." --Janet Sayers, emeritus professor of psychoanalytic
psychology, University of Kent in Canterbury; author, Mothers of
Psychoanalysis "Until a few years ago I only knew of Lou
Andreas-SalomE from her letters to Freud and her psychoanalytic
writing on female sexuality. I did not realize that at the time she
met Freud she was more famous (and infamous) than him and had
published more widely. With a compelling introduction by Gary
Winship, the translation and publication of Die Erotik shows why a
writer so deeply concerned with the politics of sexuality was
destined to become such an important innovator in psychoanalysis; a
source of inspiration and judicious criticism for Freud and one of
his most intimate friends and collaborators." --Ivan Ward, director
of education, Freud Museum
"For many, this first English translation of Die Erotik may serve
as an introduction to Andreas-SalomE, who was unquestionably one of
the most interesting, original, and erudite intellectuals of her
day. . . . [Die Erotik] is a philosophical and psychological
reflection on the meaning and purpose of the erotic in our lives
and how it is this primal force that simultaneously serves to
connect us to the most basic and most transcendent aspects of our
existence. . . . In this brief but important essay, Andreas-SalomE
captures the essence of the erotic as a unifying force that serves
as the grounding of our humanity. . . . The Erotic is not just an
essential text of psychoanalysis: It is more than that and can
stand on its own as an important and insightful text that would
seem to be as relevant today as it was 100 years ago." --James M.
Hepburn, PsycCRITIQUES "The publication at last of Lou
Andreas-SalomE's book, Die Erotik (1910), in English is very
welcome. Also welcome is the book's introduction by Gary Winship
detailing Andreas-SalomE's close involvement with Nietzsche, Rilke,
and Freud; her ethic of 'sexual continence' and 'mental eroticism';
and her pioneering account of the erotic as less a matter of
'interior pleasure' than as a way of establishing relations with
others." --Janet Sayers, emeritus professor of psychoanalytic
psychology, University of Kent in Canterbury; author, Mothers of
Psychoanalysis "Until a few years ago I only knew of Lou
Andreas-SalomE from her letters to Freud and her psychoanalytic
writing on female sexuality. I did not realize that at the time she
met Freud she was more famous (and infamous) than him and had
published more widely. With a compelling introduction by Gary
Winship, the translation and publication of Die Erotik shows why a
writer so deeply concerned with the politics of sexuality was
destined to become such an important innovator in psychoanalysis; a
source of inspiration and judicious criticism for Freud and one of
his most intimate friends and collaborators." --Ivan Ward, director
of education, Freud Museum
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