[lit-ideas] Re: Sustained Incongruencies

  • From: Robert Paul <robert.paul@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2006 20:49:39 -0700

Ursula wrote:

Ernest Jones? He of Freud fame? I was once deep in research on the Chartist, Ernest Jones.

Of Freud fame in a way, yes. He did much to popularize psychoanalysis and was Freud's official biographer. He originated the concept of 'rationalization' in its psychological sense. It's now I think classified as one of the standard defense mechanisms, along with projection, denial, etc.


Robert Paul
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