tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17639100.post114943249981528532..comments2024-01-30T20:05:29.835+10:00Comments on Woolly Days: Sigmund’s Schadenfreude?Derek Barryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15581505641163336050noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17639100.post-10459962849788564192009-03-18T04:25:00.000+10:002009-03-18T04:25:00.000+10:00"When the Nazis were attacking Judaism, why did Fr..."When the Nazis were attacking Judaism, why did Freud feel he had to join in?"<BR/><BR/>I think it is a little simplistic to judge him from our historical position. I think it is hard for us to imagine the impossible atmosphere of being Jewish in a profoundly anti-semitic environment. It could be he made public antisemitic statements to seem so to survive. His family had to spend an enormous amount of money in order to get his family out of Austria, and his four sisters died in concentration camps. <BR/><BR/>Furthermore, I had the opposite reaction to Moses and Monotheism. It made me more interested in Judaism, and it increased my respect for it.Trevor_Cunningtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12740738873113854281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17639100.post-6608757296736525852009-02-26T11:56:00.000+10:002009-02-26T11:56:00.000+10:00Sandeezy,have you read the Wikipedia article on th...Sandeezy,<BR/><BR/>have you read the Wikipedia article on the <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Interpretation_of_Dreams" REL="nofollow"> Interpretation of Dreams</A>? <BR/><BR/>It's a useful starting point and has a link to a free online copy of the book.Derek Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15581505641163336050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17639100.post-53282059614467123612009-02-26T09:08:00.000+10:002009-02-26T09:08:00.000+10:00Hi my name is sandi and i was wondering if you kne...Hi my name is sandi and i was wondering if you knew anything else about "the interpretation of dreams" i have a report due and your work that you post is great.<BR/>Besides Sigmund Freuds work is really intersting to me and you seem to know a lot more thatn me.Sandeezyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17304483624554136021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17639100.post-1152720783606374902006-07-13T02:13:00.000+10:002006-07-13T02:13:00.000+10:00Thanks for your comments, Paul.My research had not...Thanks for your comments, Paul.<BR/><BR/>My research had not led me in the direction of Galicia as an ancestral site of Freud's family. <BR/><BR/>Given that you directly share the family heritage, how do you feel about Freud's legacy to the 21st century?<BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/>Derek (Woolly Days)Derek Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15581505641163336050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17639100.post-1152704144335262012006-07-12T21:35:00.000+10:002006-07-12T21:35:00.000+10:00Very interesting... It should be mentioned that F...Very interesting... It should be mentioned that Freud's family on both sides were not Moravian Jews at all, but came from Galicia, the most backward province of the Austrian Empire. My great great grandfather, Joseph Nathanson, was a cousin of Freud's mother Amalie Nathanson and like her came from Brody. Being related to Freud evokes mixed feelings in me since, aside from the more dubious aspects of psychoanalytic theory, his attitude towards Judaism was pretty negative, particularly in his last book, Moses and Monotheism. When the Nazis were attacking Judaism, why did Freud feel he had to join in? It certainly didn't earn him any special favours from them after the Anschluss.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com