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It seems, Wilson's attitude towards the Austro-Hungarian Habsburg empire was in actuality at times ambivalent and changing. Compare http://cejsh.icm.edu.pl/cejs
by masswerk 8y ago
It seems, Wilson's attitude towards the Austro-Hungarian Habsburg empire was in actuality at times ambivalent and changing. Compare http://cejsh.icm.edu.pl/cejsh/element/bwmeta1.element.desklight-c221d5ba-b11e-4d67-a522-a6b66c956363/c/vaclav_horcicka_57-92.pdf http://cejsh.icm.edu.pl/cejsh/element/bwmeta1.element.deskli...
That said, it's plausible that Freud shared the common notion, especially bitterly so, since Jews had also lost that bit of imperial protection they had enjoyed previously (but this had been ambivalent and changing over time, as well).
- yayana 8y agoYes, but I think that ambivalence and the Bullitt quote about an advisor manipulating Wilson's opinion probably get at the nature of Freud's hatred for Wilson. A leader who had the power to decide over significant things to Freud who did so without showing enough serious thought to have strong convictions in either direction. No doubt his real priorities were some kind of excessive self obsession..
- mirimir 8y agoYes, there was commentary about how easily Wilson could be manipulated, through simple psychological ploys. Stuff about his passive aggressiveness. Plus lots of homophobic and religious slurs, which I didn't expect from Freud. But then, I've always been more partial to Jung, so hey.