(Psi) Neurons: Impermeable; they resist energy flow, which allows them to store "traces" or memories.
The first major fissure appeared with Ferenczi’s manuscript for Thalassa: A Theory of Genitality (1924). In this work, Ferenczi attempted to draft a bio-analytical bridge between biology and psychoanalysis, proposing a "bioanalytical draft" of trauma and evolution. entwurf freud
The history of psychoanalysis is often told as a hagiography of a solitary genius (Freud) and his dissenting disciples. However, the relationship between Sigmund Freud and Sándor Ferenczi offers a more nuanced narrative. For twenty-five years, the two men exchanged letters that served as working "drafts" for their theories. The German word Entwurf (draft, sketch, or design) is particularly apt here. Freud’s earlier Entwurf einer Psychologie (1895) established the ambition to draft a scientific model of the mind. This paper explores how Ferenczi continued this tradition of drafting, proposing revisions to the clinical setting that Freud ultimately rejected. This analysis suggests that Ferenczi’s "drafts" were rejected not because they were unscientific, but because they threatened the ethical and theoretical boundaries Freud had erected to protect the nascent science. (Psi) Neurons: Impermeable; they resist energy flow, which
The is not a finished theory but a working sketch – a brilliant failure that shows Freud trying to be a neuroscientist before becoming a psychoanalyst. Its value lies in showing that: The history of psychoanalysis is often told as
The Discursive Evolution of Psychoanalysis: A Critical Analysis of the Freud-Ferenczi Correspondence and the Conflict of Theoretical Drafts ( Entwürfe )