
Susan Isaacs
A Life Freeing the Minds of Children
Philip Graham(Author)
Karnac Books (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
376 pages
978-1-85575-691-5 (ISBN)
Description
This biography provides a critical account of the life and work of Susan Isaacs (1885-1948). This educationist, a pioneer of child-centred education in Britain was also an early and historically important child psychoanalyst. She is described in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography as the greatest influence on British education in the twentieth century. Yet she is virtually unknown in both educational and psychoanalytic circles. When Melanie Klein was threatened with expulsion from the British Psychoanalytic Society she was by far her most powerful advocate and thus played a major role in determining the direction of British psychoanalysis from the 1940s onwards. This book provides an account of her life and contains much intimate material about her childhood, her marriage and her work that was previously unknown. It gives a fascinating insight into many facets of her life and concludes with an appraisal of her impact on the worlds of education and psychoanalysis.
Reviews / Votes
'This is a fascinating study of the private and public life of a woman who was a child psychologist, experimental educationist, psychoanalyst and agony aunt for mothers. I can thoroughly recommend it to all those concerned with the care, development and education of young children and to those interested in the social history of the inter-war period.'- Barbara Tizard, Emeritus Professor, Institute of Education, London.More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Professional Practice & Development
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
453 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85575-691-5 (9781855756915)
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Person
Philip Graham is Emeritus Professor of Child Psychiatry at the Institute of Child Health, London, where he was Dean from 1985 to 1990. He was a consultant psychiatrist at the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London for many years. He has long-standing interests both in education and in psychological treatments for disturbed children and adolescents.
Content
Preface -- Introduction -- Damaged roots -- Our star student -- An academic marriage -- Finding a place on the couch -- The Malting House School: a dream becomes reality -- Rise and fall of the Malting House School -- Resurfacing -- Settled on the couch -- The wisdom of Ursula Wise -- Teaching the teachers -- Psycho-analysis in the 1930s: building up to war -- Battling for the minds of children -- Legacies