After Education - Anna Freud

AFTER-EDUCATION

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AFTER-EDUCATION

ANNA FREUD, MELANIE KLEIN,

AND

PSYCHOANALYTIC

HISTORIES OF LEARNING

DEBORAH P. BRITZMAN

S TAT E U N I V E R S I T Y O F N E W Y O R K P R E S S

Published by STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS, ALBANY © 2003 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. For information, address State University of New York Press 90 State Street, Suite 700, Albany, NY 12207 Production, Laurie Searl Marketing, Anne M. Valentine Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Britzman, Deborah P., 1952– After-Education: Anna Freud, Melanie Klein, and psychoanalytic histories of learning / Deborah P. Britzman. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7914-5673-0 (alk. paper) — (ISBN 0-7914-5674-9 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Psychoanalysis and education. 2. Learning, Psychology of. 3. Freud, Anna, Klein, Melanie. I. Title. LB1092.B75 2003 370'.15—dc21 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

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CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE SIX DIFFICULT EDUCATION THE FREUD-KLEIN CONTROVERSIES AS PROBLEM OF EDUCATION WHY RETURN

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ANNA FREUD?

“THOUGHTS AWAITING THINKERS”: GROUP PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATIONAL LIFE THEORY KINDERGARTEN LONELINESS IN EDUCATION: TOWARD COMPASSIONATE INQUIRY NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The ideas that became this book were first expressed as a promise in a 1997 grant application to the Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC),...