TY - JOUR AU - Rolnik, Eran J PY - 2015/12/01 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Psychoanalysis in Israel: New Beginnings, Old Trajectories JF - Journal für Psychoanalyse JA - J. Psychoanal. VL - 0 IS - 56 SE - Schwerpunkt DO - 10.18754/jfp.56.4 UR - https://www.psychoanalyse-journal.ch/article/view/jfp.56.4 SP - AB - The arrival of psychoanalysis in pre-state Israel in the early 20th century presents a unique chapter in the history of psychoanalysis. The paper explores the encounter between psychoanalytic expertise, Judaism, Modern Hebrew culture and the Zionist revolution. It offers a look at the relationship between psychoanalysis and a wider community, and follows the life and work of Jewish psychoanalysts during World War II. The coming of psychoanalysis to pre-state Israel, where it rapidly penetrated the discourse of pedagogy, literature, medicine, and politics, becoming a popular therapeutic to establish its identity in the face of its manifold European pasts and discipline, is regarded as an integral part of a Jewish immigrant society’s struggle with its conflict-ridden Middle Eastern present. ER -