Freud's Dora case and contemporary debates on gender, sexuality and queer theory
'Dora' is one the most important and interesting case studies Sigmund Freud conducted and later described. It constitutes a key text in his oeuvre and finds itself at the crossroads of his studies in hysteria, the theory of sexuality and dream interpretation. The Dora case is both a literary and theoretically ground-breaking text and an account of a 'failed' treatment. In Dora, Hysteria and Gender renowned Freud scholars reflect on the Dora case, presenting various innovative and controversial perspectives and elaborating the significance of the text for contemporary debates on gender, sexuality and queer theory.

This volume is of interest for psychoanalysts and scholars working on psychoanalysis, sexuality, gender, queer theory, philosophical anthropology and literary studies.

Contributors: Rachel B. Blass (Heythrop College, University of London), Daniela Finzi (Sigmund Freud Foundation), Esther Hutfless (University of Vienna), Ulrike Kadi (Medical University of Vienna), Ilka Quindeau (Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences), Beatriz Santos (University Paris VII Diderot), Philippe Van Haute (Radboud University Nijmegen), Herman Westerink (Radboud University Nijmegen), Jeanne Wolff-Bernstein (Sigmund Freud University in Vienna)

This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).

About the Author
Daniela Finzi is head of the research department of the Sigmund Freud Museum and member of the board of the Sigmund Freud Foundation. Daniela Finzi is head of the research department of the Sigmund Freud Museum and member of the board of the Sigmund Freud Foundation. Herman Westerink is endowed and associate professor at the Center for Contemporary Philosophy, Radboud University Nijmegen. Herman Westerink is endowed and associate professor at the Center for Contemporary Philosophy, Radboud University Nijmegen. Philippe Van Haute () was professor of philosophical anthropology at the Radboud University Nijmegen, a practising psychoanalyst at the Belgian School for Psychoanalysis and extraordinary professor at the University of Pretoria.

Reviews

With its searing insights, this slim volume is an essential text with many virtues. From accounting for the Dora case as a roman a clef to providing a robust intellectual history of psychoanalysis, the book is a rich canvas of a century of interpretations. It is also an indispensable map of gender and sexuality, with its changing landmarks clearly signposted, and, above all, it paints a granular clinical picture of the most compelling case that continues to haunt and remold psychoanalysis.
Shruti Kapila, Isis-Volume 112, Number 1, March 2021, https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/713792

Book Information
ISBN 9789462701564
Author Daniela Finzi
Format Paperback
Page Count 152
Imprint Leuven University Press
Publisher Leuven University Press
Weight(grams) 260g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 10mm