Fantasy and reality in history

Abstract

Why social science needs psychoanalysis: from Weber to Freud -- The pagan Freud -- Sigmund Freud's psychosocial identity -- The creation of a scientific community: the Burgh(c)œlzi, 1902-1914 -- Gladstone, sin, and the Bulgarian horrors -- The murder and mythification of Walter Rathenau -- Karl Renner and the politics of accomodation: moderation versus revenge -- The inner world of Vladimir Zhirinovsky: the self-presentation of a "hero" -- Anxiety in history -- Racism in comparative historical perspective -- The psychodynamics of nationalism -- Crisis management: from therapy to government and from the Oval Office to the couch