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In this book, Adrienne E. Harris a supervisor, author, editor of various psychoanalytic publications, and faculty member in the Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis at New York University, explores—alongside other contributors—the impact of the forced migration of European analysts to North America. Some English-speaking reviewers emphasize that this collective work intertwines themes of migration, pain, and loss, yet also highlights hope and new opportunities for those who left their homeland, never to return. This may indeed be the case, but it is best to let the authors and the texts compiled here speak for themselves.
The origins of this book can be traced back to a series of conferences titled “Émigré Analysts,” sponsored by the Sándor Ferenczi Center of the New School for Social Research, in New York City, co-founded by Jeremy Safran in 2009 alongside Lewis Aron and Adrienne Harris. The conference took place on December 13 and 14, 2019, at the New School. Keeping this context in mind, the book is divided into three sections. The first section (Chapters 1–4) addresses the socio-political crises that influenced the exile of European analysts following World War II and their migration to the United States. The second section (Chapters 5–7) examines the rise of antisemitism and the profound impact of the Holocaust on these analysts. Finally, the third section (Chapters 8–10) explores the role of psychoanalytic institutions—both national and international—in providing security and protection for analysts who are forced to emigrate today.
In the book's introduction (pp. 1–6), Harris reflects on her long-standing interest in the intersection between the history of psychoanalysis, radical thought, and political activism in the United States, dating back to the 1960s when she was a student at the University of Michigan, home to the prominent activist group Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). Alongside university political activism, she found a se