"Beyond Freud and Jung": Sabina Spielrein's Contribution to Child Psychoanalysis and Developmental Psychology

Up to the present day, Sabina Spielrein has been seen as a means to deeper understanding of Freud and Jung and, in particular, the relationship between these two ���great men���. This is also the reason why her scholarly achievements after her 1912 essay "Destruction as the Cause of Coming Into Being��� are hardly taken into account. This study shows that Spielrein's main research work was in the areas of child analysis and developmental psychology���that is, beyond the work and the persons of Freud and Jung���and that she made numerous significant contributions to the field, so many of them ahead of her time.

"Hochgeehrter, lieber Herr Professor Freud" (Radiogespr��ch, Sendung ��Perspektiven��, SRF2)

Sigmund Freud, der Begr��nder der Psychoanalyse, pflegte zeitlebens viele Freundschaften mit Fachkollegen. Aber kaum eine dauerte so lange wie jene mit dem Schweizer Pfarrer und Psychoanalytiker Oskar Pfister.