Background
Trosman, Harry was born on December 9, 1924 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son of Samuel and Esther (Sherman) Trosman. came to the United States, 1948.
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The current resurgence of interest in the scientific origins of psychoanalysis has overshadowed the artistic and literary models to which Freud had recourse time and again in the development and presentation of his theories. It is this neglected aesthetic wellspring of psychoanalysis to which Harry Trosman calls attention in Freud and the Imaginative World. Trosman enriches our understanding of psychoanalysis by demonstrating how Freud's cultural and humanistic commitments guided his pursuit of a science of mind. Toward this end, he undertakes a number of challenging tasks: to situate Freud in the formative culture of his time, to adumbrate the human concerns that infromed his work in the natural sciences, and to delineate the multiple "modes of influence" that fostered his creativity. The second part of the book moves from the cultural sources of Freud's creativity to the psychoanalytic contribution to our understanding of art and literature. Here, Trosman focuses on the consumer of art and literature, tracing psychoanalytic perspectives on aesthetic responsiveness from Freud to the present. Trosman's critical review of the da Vinci and Hamlet literature illustrates the limitations as well as the explanatory potential of the two principal genres of applied psychoanalytic work, and leads naturally to the reflective estimation of psychoanalysis and creativity that concludes the work. Throughout, Trosman is a well-informed and engaging guide, both to the imaginative Freud and to the abundant literature on psychoanalysis and the arts. He documents Freud's continuing indebtedness to the literary models that nourished his theorizing and gave shape to his narrative clinical expositions, even as he takes pains to show how psychoanalysis has, in many ways, outgrown Freud's own reductive explanations of aesthetic phenomena. A skillfully crafted overview, Freud and the Imaginative World is an exemplary introduction to a crucial aspect of the Freudian legacy.
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( The current resurgence of interest in the scientific or...)
The current resurgence of interest in the scientific origins of psychoanalysis has overshadowed the artistic and literary models to which Freud had recourse time and again in the development and presentation of his theories. It is this neglected aesthetic wellspring of psychoanalysis to which Harry Trosman calls attention in Freud and the Imaginative World. Trosman enriches our understanding of psychoanalysis by demonstrating how Freud's cultural and humanistic commitments guided his pursuit of a science of mind. Toward this end, he undertakes a number of challenging tasks: to situate Freud in the formative culture of his time, to adumbrate the human concerns that infromed his work in the natural sciences, and to delineate the multiple "modes of influence" that fostered his creativity. The second part of the book moves from the cultural sources of Freud's creativity to the psychoanalytic contribution to our understanding of art and literature. Here, Trosman focuses on the consumer of art and literature, tracing psychoanalytic perspectives on aesthetic responsiveness from Freud to the present. Trosman's critical review of the da Vinci and Hamlet literature illustrates the limitations as well as the explanatory potential of the two principal genres of applied psychoanalytic work, and leads naturally to the reflective estimation of psychoanalysis and creativity that concludes the work. Throughout, Trosman is a well-informed and engaging guide, both to the imaginative Freud and to the abundant literature on psychoanalysis and the arts. He documents Freud's continuing indebtedness to the literary models that nourished his theorizing and gave shape to his narrative clinical expositions, even as he takes pains to show how psychoanalysis has, in many ways, outgrown Freud's own reductive explanations of aesthetic phenomena. A skillfully crafted overview, Freud and the Imaginative World is an exemplary introduction to a crucial aspect of the Freudian legacy.
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psychiatry educator Psychoanalyst
Trosman, Harry was born on December 9, 1924 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Son of Samuel and Esther (Sherman) Trosman. came to the United States, 1948.
Doctor of Medicine, University Toronto, 1948.
Intern, Grace Hospital, Detroit, 1948-1949; resident, Iowa Psychopathic Hospital, Iowa City, 1949-1951; resident in psychiatry, Cincinnati General Hospital, 1951-1952; from assistant instructor to assistant professor psychiatry, University of Chicago, 1952-1959; associate professor psychiatry, University of Chicago, 1959-1975; professor psychiatry, University of Chicago, since 1975. Acting department chairman psychiatry University of Chicago, 1986-1988. Consultant Center Religion and Psychotherapy, Chicago, since 1969.
( The current resurgence of interest in the scientific or...)
( The current resurgence of interest in the scientific or...)
Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1954-1956. Member American Psychiatric Association, American College Psychoanalyists, Illinois Psychiatric Society, Chicago Pschoanalytic Society, American Psychoanalytic Association, International Psychoanalytic Association, Center for Advanced Psychoanalytic Studies (trustee since 1978), Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis (certified faculty, council member, Franz Alexander prize, 1965).
Married Marjorie Susan Goldman, June 22, 1952. Children: Elizabeth, Michael, David.