Sándor Ferenczi and the problem of telepathy

Gyimesi J (2012)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2012

Journal

History of the Human Sciences SAGE Publications (UK and US)

Book Volume: 25

Pages Range: 131-148

Journal Issue: 2

DOI: 10.1177/0952695111434253

Abstract

Sándor Ferenczi, the great representative of the Budapest School of Psychoanalysis, had a lifelong interest in psychical phenomena. Although his ideas on the psychoanalytical understanding of spiritualistic phenomena and telepathy were not developed theories, they had a strong influence on some representatives of psychoanalysis, and thus underlay the psychoanalytic interpretation of telepathy. Ferenczi's ideas on telepathy were interwoven with his most important technical and theoretical innovations. Thus Ferenczi's thoughts on telepathy say a lot about his psychoanalytical thinking and attitudes, and illuminate the significance of his greatest innovations in the context of psychical research. © The Author(s) 2012.

Authors with CRIS profile

Julia Gyimesi

Involved external institutions

Kodolányi János University of Applied Sciences (KJU) / Kodolányi János Főiskola (KJF) HU Hungary (HU)

How to cite

APA:

Gyimesi, J. (2012). Sándor Ferenczi and the problem of telepathy. History of the Human Sciences, 25(2), 131-148. https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0952695111434253

MLA:

Gyimesi, Júlia. "Sándor Ferenczi and the problem of telepathy." History of the Human Sciences 25.2 (2012): 131-148.

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