André Green (psychoanalyst)
André Green (born March 12, 1927 in Cairo , † January 22, 2012 in Paris ) was a French psychoanalyst .
Life
André Green studied medicine (specializing in psychiatry ) at the Paris Medical Faculty and has worked at various hospitals. After training as a psychoanalyst, he became a member of the Paris Psychoanalytic Society in 1965 and was its chairman from 1986 to 1989. From 1975 to 1977 he was vice chairman of the International Psychoanalytic Association and 1979/80 professor at University College London .
André Green is the author of numerous essays and books on the theory and practice of psychoanalysis as well as psychoanalytic cultural and literary criticism , some of which have also been published in German translation.
literature
Selected writings by André Green
- Secret madness. Borderline cases of psychoanalytic practice, Gießen: Psychosozial-Verlag 2000.
- The dead mother. Psychoanalytic studies on life narcissism and death narcissism, Gießen: Psychosozial-Verlag 2004.
- The castration complex , Tübingen: Edition Diskord 1996.
About André Green
- Erika Kittler: Thoughts on the work of André Green, in: Yearbook of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 28 (1991), pp. 109–147.
- Eike Wolff: André Green - Life and Work, in: AG: Secret madness. Borderline cases of psychoanalytic practice, Gießen: Psychosozial-Verlag 2000, pp. 9-16.
- Who's Who in France 2005-2006, Levallois-Parret: Éditions Jacques Lafitte 2005, p. 976 f.
Web links
- Literature by and about André Green in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Décès du psychanalyste André Green . Liberation . January 26, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Green, André |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French psychiatrist and psychoanalyst |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 12, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cairo |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 22, 2012 |
| Place of death | Paris |