Revue Frančaise de Psychanalyse

E. Sokolnicka. Some Problems of Psychoanalytic Technique.

R. De Saussure. Homosexual Fixations in Nervous Women.

Ernest Jones. The Primary Development of Sexuality in Woman.

A. Hesnard. The Psychoanalytic Mechanism of the Hypochondriacal Psychoneurosis (with reference to an observation).

Geza Roheim. Racial Psychology and the Origins of Capitalism in the Primitives.

E. Sokolnicka. Some Problems of Psychoanalytic Technique.—This was originally a report given at the fourth Conference of Psychoanalysts of the French language. The object of the paper is to sketch certain aspects of the two problems, (1) Disappearance of the libido, (2) Where it goes and how to find it again. The first problem is resumed by a brief outline of the normal development of the libido through the pre-latency and latency periods to puberty passing by the œdipus complex and its dissolution in the formation of the super-ego, and the abnormal libidinal development characterized by fixations and regressions. A clear distinction is made between perversion and neurosis, and before leaving this part of the subject, Madame Sokolnicka makes the observation that Freud's new conceptions of the etiology and constitution of the neurosis demand a radical revision of the idea of psychic illness. We all more or less present phenomena analogous to those presented by neurotics. The nature and force of the conflict alone decide whether or not one will be able to carry on without psychoanalytic aid. In covering the second problem, Madame Sokolnicka takes up separate and disconnected points which seem to her particularly important or not sufficiently illuminated in public works. (1) In a general way each neurotic has the following two traits: sentiment of inferiority, and erotic disequilibration. The latter characteristic, however, does not necessarily imply a neurosis; some perverts are able to sublimate successfully. (2) Troubles in sexual life are closely connected with troubles in working. A neurotic