Edited by Joseph P. Merlino, Marilyn S. Jacobs, Judy Ann Kaplan, and K. Lynne Moritz

“I hope that this book will be inspiring for many readers as an effort to make ‘the voice of reason’ heard.” — Heinz Fischer, Federal President of the Republic of Austria
The year 2006 marked the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis. To commemorate this event, the Austrian government sponsored a number of academic and cultural events. Among these was a historic gathering of representatives of four major United States psychoanalytic organizations, at which prominent members of these organizations gave presentations surveying the wide-ranging influence that Freud has had on history, contemporary society, culture and the arts. These presentations are reproduced in this book as a collection of essays, literary works and remarkable photos of Freud and his contemporaries presented in recognition of Freud's influence on our world.
Confirmed speakers: H.E. Eva Nowotny, Ambassador of Austria to the United States; Edith Kurzweil, PhD; Golnar Simpson, PhD (American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work); Richard Ruth, PhD (Div 39 of the American Psychological Association); William Granatir, MD (American Psychoanalytic Association); Joseph P. Merlino, MD, MPA (American Academy of Psychoanalysis & Dynamic Psychiatry)

November 16 | 7:30 pm | Embassy of Austria
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