La psychanalyse dans l’Espagne post-franquiste (1975-1985)

Between modernity and tradition: the formation of a psychoanalytical culture during the Franco dictatorship

“…Gemelli was a political and religious authority on psychology and Catholicism (Pasqualini, 2016). It is no coincidence that the prologue that replaced the original by the philosopher and essayist José Ortega y Gasset in the reprint of Freud's Complete Works in 1948 based itself on Gemelli in order to establish the compatibilities between psychoanalysis and Catholicism, convincing the Francoist authorities and avoiding possible censorship (Druet, 2006;Bermejo, 1993) The main promoter of these congresses was the French philosophical writer Maryse Choisy, one of the figures who fought most for the implementation of psychoanalysis within Catholic circles. She also suggested the creation of an Institute of Catholic Analysts through which psychoanalysts recommended for their scientific work and their faith might undertake training analysis (Ohayon, 2006).…”