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THE PSYCHOANALYTIC PASSION OF J.D. BERNAL IN 1920 s CAMBRIDGE
Author(s) -
Forrester John
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
british journal of psychotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1752-0118
pISSN - 0265-9883
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0118.2010.01198.x
Subject(s) - enthusiasm , passion , psychoanalytic theory , psychoanalysis , marxist philosophy , psychology , foundation (evidence) , social psychology , law , history , archaeology , politics , political science
Following Hinshelwood (1995), the paper points to an overlooked point of cultural access to psychoanalysis in early 20th century England – the enthusiastic reception of Freudianism amongst scientists in Cambridge. The manuscripts of the Marxist X‐ray crystallographer, J.D. Bernal, are employed to reveal his quasi‐religious enthusiasm during the 1920s for psychoanalysis as the foundation for a revolution in all the sciences; this enthusiasm disappeared with Bernal's growing commitment to the cause of socialist science.