Sabina Spielrein:

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Since 2003, the definitive text on Sabina Spielrein has been Covington and Wharton's collection of stellar papers. It is to this volume above all that we owe the very idea that Spielrein was an important psychoanalytic theorist. We enjoy exemplary historical research into Spielrein's life and highly original treatment of her psychoanalytic writings. Included in this new edition are materials about Spielrein's experiences in Freud's Vienna and further elaborations of her role in the development of psychoanalytic theory. - Andrew Samuels, Professor of Analytical Psychology, University of Essex

This book is compelling. It tells a gripping and fascinating story, using the author's voices wherever possible. We engage in the lives of Spielrein, Jung and Freud as human characters discovering the complex new territory of the psyche through their own experience and relationships with each other. It is a superb scholarly work. All candidates in training programs should read this book. It is a significant contribution to psychoanalytic history. - Linda Carter, Past US Editor, The Journal of Analytical Psychology and Chair, Art and Psyche Working Group

If Sabina Spielrein is mainly known for her relationship with Carl Jung, much remains to be discovered about the theoretical legacy of this remarkable woman. The new chapters of the revised 2nd edition do much to redress the issue. Rosemary Balsam casts fresh light on Spielrein's reception by the Vienna Circle and on the position of the early women analysts while Coline Covington discusses the influence on analytical theory of Spielrein's original ideas on the death instinct, on oral sadism and on the roots of aggression . The letter to Eitingon provides a moving account of the difficulties of Sabina's life in Russia. An essential and fascinating read for anyone interested in the history of psychoanalysis and of analytical psychology. - Angela M Connolly, Vice-President of the IAAP.