The Military Influence Upon Freud's Dynamic Psychiatry

LARY R. BERKOWERAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 127, Number 2

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.127.2.167

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A previously disregarded but consequential influence upon the conceptual model of dynamic psychiatry as evolved by Freud is that of military science. Thus many fundamental terms bear obvious military connotations, including conflict, defense, repression, alliances, and resistance. Freud repeatedly exploited the rich metaphorical possibilities of the military analogy as he depicted psychology in terms of conflicts of forces, emphasizing the onslaught of instinctual impulses and the defensive operations of the ego to ward them off.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 127 • Number 2 • August 1970

Pages: 167 - 174

PubMed: 4919635

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Published in print: August 1970

Published online: 1 April 2006

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LARY R. BERKOWER

Instructor in psychiatry, Wayne State University School of Medicine, and staff psychiatrist, Detroit Psychiatric Institute, private practice at 103 Northland Medical Bldg., Southfield, Mich. 48075

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The Military Influence Upon Freud's Dynamic Psychiatry

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