Deep vertigo

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Deep vertigo. The endless and the terminable psychoanalysis is a non-fiction book by the science journalist Dieter E. Zimmer . It was first published in 1986 by Rowohlt Verlag , followed in 1990 by a revised and expanded paperback edition. In total, the book had a circulation of 34,000 copies.

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The book is a critique of psychoanalysis , the core statements of which are empirically untenable and do not correspond to modern knowledge. The Freud 'rule theories are not objectively and are subject suggestion effects . Psychoanalysis tries to immunize itself against criticism. One reason for their success lies in the use of impressive jargon that does not depend on correlations and significance, but that promises its adepts experiences of enlightenment. It offers a style of thinking "in which facts can be theorized without worrying about" (p. 30). Zimmer's conclusion is that psychoanalysis does not provide a realistic model of the human psyche and there is also no reasonable prospect that significant parts of it can still be saved (p. 366). As early as 1982 he described psychoanalysis as the “ superstition of the century” in the weekly newspaper Die Zeit .

reception

The book has been criticized, among other things, because it cites primary sources in a misleading way and argues irrelevantly. There was also criticism of a “dignified indignation” of Zimmer about the “dick philosophy” of psychoanalysts. The book was also cited as an example of “Freud bashing”.

However, there were also positive voices attesting that Zimmer had read the psychoanalytic literature carefully and brought important findings from related sciences such as ethnology , psychobiology and social psychology to the discussion. Zimmer's critics also admitted that psychoanalysts should strive to gain empirical evidence for their theories. The psychologist Hans Jürgen Eysenck described it as an important and highly recommendable book that could represent a turning point in the relationship between German intellectuals and psychoanalysis. In a review published in 1988, Horst Wolfgang Boger considered it a recommendable and impressive book, which also fully met scientific standards, and one of the best papers that had been written on psychoanalysis. Marcel Reich-Ranicki remarked about the book that he was not entirely convinced, but that he had read it with profit and pleasure.

Book editions

  • Dieter E. Zimmer: Deep dizziness. The endless and the terminable psychoanalysis. Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg 1986, ISBN 3-498-07653-1 .

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dieter E. Zimmer: The superstition of the century . In: The time . No. 45, November 5, 1982
  2. ↑ Thomas Köhler: Muted room volume. To the book “Tiefenschwindel” by ZEIT reporter Dieter E. Zimmer. In: Psychosocial. 14/3, 1991, pp. 110-117
  3. ↑ Bernd Nitzschke : Love - renunciation and reconciliation. The ethos of renunciation in the work of the Goethe Prize winner Sigmund Freud. In: Hans-Georg Pott (Ed.): Love and Society. The sex of the muses. Fink, Munich 1997, pp. 139–153 ( slightly revised version )
  4. ^ Claudia Guderian : Freud-Bashing - Psychoanalysis in Criticism . In: Deutschlandradio Kultur . May 3, 2006
  5. ↑ Walter Bräutigam : Those who praise me ..., who blame me ... DE Zimmer, H. Platta and Psychoanalysis. In: Psyche . 44/8, 1990, pp. 757-764
  6. ↑ Holdger Platta: Hobby horse rider against psychoanalysis. Concluding remarks on a gloss by Walter Bräutigam. In: Psyche . 46/9, 1992, pp. 879-883
  7. ^ Review in Behavior Research and Therapy. 25/5, 1987, p. 441
  8. ↑ In: Philosophischer Literaturanzeiger . 41/2, 1988, pp. 166-170
  9. ↑ Marcel Reich-Ranicki: Be hugged, Dieter . In: The time . 50/2004