Raymond de Saussure (; 2 August 1894 – 29 October 1971) was a Swiss psychoanalyst, the first president of the European Psychoanalytical Federation.H. Vermorel, 'Raymond de Saussure. First president of the European Psychoanalytical Federation', ''

International Journal of Psychoanalysis ''The International Journal of Psychoanalysis'' is an academic journal in the field of psychoanalysis. The idea of the journal was proposed by Ernest Jones in a letter to Sigmund Freud dated 7 December 1918. The journal itself was established in ...

'' 79:1 (February 1998), pp.73–81

Life

Raymond de Saussure was born in

Geneva , neighboring_municipalities= Carouge, Chêne-Bougeries, Cologny, Lancy, Grand-Saconnex, Pregny-Chambésy, Vernier, Veyrier , website = https://www.geneve.ch/ Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevr ...

, the son of the linguist Ferdinand de Saussure. He underwent analysis with

Sigmund Freud Sigmund Freud ( , ; born Sigismund Schlomo Freud; 6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for evaluating and treating pathologies explained as originating in conflicts ...

. He was a founding member of the

Paris Psychoanalytic Society The Paris Psychoanalytical Society (SPP) is the oldest psychoanalytical organisation in France. Founded with Freud’s endorsement in 1926, the S.P.P. is a component member of the International Psychoanalytical Association (I.P.A.) as well as of t ...

before spending time at the

Berlin Psychoanalytic Institute The Berlin Psychoanalytic Institute (later the Göring Institute) was founded in 1920 to further the science of psychoanalysis in Berlin. Its founding members included Karl Abraham and Max Eitingon. The scientists at the institute furthered Sigmun ...

undergoing analysis with

Franz Alexander Franz Gabriel Alexander (22 January 1891 – 8 March 1964) was a Hungarian-American psychoanalyst and physician, who is considered one of the founders of psychosomatic medicine and psychoanalytic criminology. Life Franz Gabriel Alexander, in ...

. During and after the Second World War he lived in

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; in 1952, Saussure returned to Switzerland from the United States. He founded the Geneva Museum of the History of Science with Marc Cramer and others in 1955. He founded the European Psychoanalytic Federation with Wilhelm Solms-Rödelheim in 1966, and served as its president until his death. He died in Geneva in 1971.

Works

* ''La méthode psychanalytique'' (with a preface by

), 1922. * ''Le miracle grec; étude psychanalytique sur la civilisation hellénique'', 1939 * (with Paul Ricœur,

Mircea Eliade Mircea Eliade (; – April 22, 1986) was a Romanian historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, and professor at the University of Chicago. He was a leading interpreter of religious experience, who established paradigms in religiou ...

and others) ''L'angoisse du temps présent et les devoirs de l'esprit'', 1953 * (with Jean Vinchon) ''Mesmer et son secret'', 1971 * (with

Léon Chertok Léon Chertok or Lejb Tchertok (31 October 1911 in Vilnius, Vilna Governorate – 6 July 1991 in Deauville), was a French psychiatrist known for his work on hypnosis and psychosomatic medicine. Biography Chertok obtained his doctorate in medicine ...

) ''La Naissance du psychanalyse, de

Mesmer Franz Anton Mesmer (; ; 23 May 1734 – 5 March 1815) was a German physician with an interest in astronomy. He theorised the existence of a natural energy transference occurring between all animated and inanimate objects; this he called "anim ...

à Freud'', 1973. Translated by R. H. Ahrenfeldt as ''The therapeutic revolution, from Mesmer to Freud'', 1979.

References

1894 births 1971 deaths Swiss psychoanalysts Analysands of Sigmund Freud Analysands of Rudolph Lowenstein Analysands of Franz Alexander Physicians from Geneva {{Switzerland-academic-bio-stub