I just read #JacquelineRose’s discussion of Freud’s essay “A Phylogenetic Fantasy. Overview of the Transference Neurosis.” #LRB 11.19.20
#Freud makes two points that resonate with us today. He shows how anxiety, the result of the catastrophies of history, is passed from generation to generation. Today we often refer to it as “transgenerational haunting.” Freud’s other point is equally chilling. Tyranny follows these catastrophes as people desperately seek rescue and salvation from their perilous state.