Sergei Pankejeff
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| '''Sergei Konstantinovitch Pankejeff''' ([[December 24]], [[1886]] – [[May 7]], [[1979]]) was a [[Russia]]n aristocrat from [[Odessa]] best known for being a patient of [[Sigmund Freud]], who gave him the [[pseudonym]] of '''Wolf Man''' (''der Wolfsmann'') to protect his identity, after a dream Pankejeff had of a tree full of white [[wolf|wolves]]. | '''Sergei Konstantinovitch Pankejeff''' ([[December 24]], [[1886]] – [[May 7]], [[1979]]) was a [[Russia]]n aristocrat from [[Odessa]] best known for being a patient of [[Sigmund Freud]], who gave him the [[pseudonym]] of '''Wolf Man''' (''der Wolfsmann'') to protect his identity, after a dream Pankejeff had of a tree full of white [[wolf|wolves]]. | ||
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| + | Freud's eventual analysis (along with Pankejeff's input) of the dream was that it was the result of Pankejeff having witnessed a "primal scene" — his parents having sex ''a tergo'' ("from behind") — at a very young age. Later in the paper Freud posited the possibility that Pankejeff had instead witnessed copulation between animals, which was displaced to his parents. | ||
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| + | Pankejeff's dream would play a major role in Freud's theory of [[psychosexual development]], and along with ''[[Irma's injection]]'' (Freud's own dream, which launched dream analysis), it was one of the most important dreams for the developments of Freud's theories. Additionally, Pankejeff became the main case used by Freud to prove the validity of [[psychoanalysis]]. It was the first detailed case study not involving Freud analyzing himself which brought together the main aspects of catharsis, the [[Unconscious mind|unconscious]], sexuality, and dream analysis put forward by Freud in his ''[[Studies on Hysteria]]'' (1895), ''[[The Interpretation of Dreams]]'' (1899), and his ''[[Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality]]'' (1905). | ||
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Sergei Konstantinovitch Pankejeff (December 24, 1886 – May 7, 1979) was a Russian aristocrat from Odessa best known for being a patient of Sigmund Freud, who gave him the pseudonym of Wolf Man (der Wolfsmann) to protect his identity, after a dream Pankejeff had of a tree full of white wolves.
Freud's eventual analysis (along with Pankejeff's input) of the dream was that it was the result of Pankejeff having witnessed a "primal scene" — his parents having sex a tergo ("from behind") — at a very young age. Later in the paper Freud posited the possibility that Pankejeff had instead witnessed copulation between animals, which was displaced to his parents.
Pankejeff's dream would play a major role in Freud's theory of psychosexual development, and along with Irma's injection (Freud's own dream, which launched dream analysis), it was one of the most important dreams for the developments of Freud's theories. Additionally, Pankejeff became the main case used by Freud to prove the validity of psychoanalysis. It was the first detailed case study not involving Freud analyzing himself which brought together the main aspects of catharsis, the unconscious, sexuality, and dream analysis put forward by Freud in his Studies on Hysteria (1895), The Interpretation of Dreams (1899), and his Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality (1905).
