This book comprises a collection of the distinguished psychoanalyst Elisabeth Young-Bruehl 's papers ranging from 'Psychoanalysis and Social Democracy', 'Civilization and its Dream of Contentment', 'Reflections on Women and Psychoanalysis' and 'Psychobiography and Character Study'.
Series Editor's Foreword -- Introduction -- Why psychoanalysis has no history -- The trauma of lost love in psychoanalysis -- Civilisation and its dream of contentment: reflections on the unity of humankind -- Psychoanalysis and social democracy: a tale of two developments -- A brief history of prejudice studies -- Reflections on women and psychoanalysis -- Sexual diversity in cosmopolitan perspective -- Women and children first! -- Psychobiography and character study: a reflection
