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Published Online: 1999, pp. 1–142

The Phenomenology of Erwin Straus and the Epistemology of Psychoanalysis

Richard D. Chessick, M.D., Ph.D.Authors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 53, Number 1

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1999.53.1.82

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The contributions of Erwin Straus, a phenomenologist psychiatrist of reknown in Europe but little known in the United States are summarized. His emphasis on the wholeness of the world as it unfolds in its sensory splendor, as opposed to the traditional psychiatric efforts toward the reduction of psychic experience into quasi-mathematical and medical categories is explained.

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American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 53 • Number 1 • 1999, pp. 1–142

Pages: 82 - 95

PubMed: 10207589

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Published in print: 1999, pp. 1–142

Published online: 30 April 2018

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Richard D. Chessick, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University; Senior Attending Psychiatrist, Evanston Hospital, Evanston, IL; Training and Supervising Analyst, Chicago Center for Psychoanalytic Study; Fellow, American Academy of Psychoanalysis.

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Based on a lecture presented by invitation at the Symposium on the 100th Birthday of Erwin Straus, University of Heidelberg, Germany, October 12,1991.

Mailing address: 9400 Drake Avenue, Evanston, IL 60203-1106.

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The Phenomenology of Erwin Straus and the Epistemology of Psychoanalysis

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