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by Stephanie Carbone, posted on Apr 5, 2018
We are excited to announce that Peter Loewenberg, PhD, will present this year's Franz Alexander Lecture at NCP on May 17. In "Max Weber, Sigmund Freud, Charismatic Power, and Political Leadership," Dr. Loewenberg compares the lives and thought of two great Central European shapers of modern culture: Sigmund Freud, creator of psychoanalysis, and Max Weber, a contemporary of Freud and founder of modern interpretive comparative sociology. He explores their lives and insights on leadership, political power and domination, and applies their insights to empirical leadership functions in the current world.In related news, a big congratulations to Professor Loewenberg! The American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA) this month approved a name change of the CORST Essay Prize to The Peter Loewenberg Essay Prize In Psychoanalysis and Culture. "It is so fitting that Peter is recognized in this way as he has tirelessly advocated for the inclusion of academics/professionals in psychoanalytic training," says NCP President Esther Dreifuss-Kattan, PhD. "This interdisciplinary conversation enriches the intellectual and clinical dialogue between academia and the consultation room."
Peter Loewenberg, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of History and Political Psychology at UCLA. He is a Training and Supervising Analyst and former Dean of the New Center for Psychoanalysis. He was elected North American Representative on the International Psychoanalytic Association (IPA) Board. He Chaired the IPA China Committee, 2007-2013. He is the author of many publications, including Decoding the Past: the Psychohistorical Approach (1996) and Fantasy and Reality in History (1995). He is Editor (with Nellie Thompson) of 100 Years of the IPA (1910-2010) (2011). He was elected an Honorary Member of the German Psychoanalytic Association (DPV), was the Sir Peter Ustinov Visiting Professor at the University of Vienna, and received the Nevitt Sanford Award for his professional contributions to the field of Political Psychology. He served as Chair of the Committee on Research and Special Training of the American Psychoanalytic Association. Winner of the first Edith Sabshin Award "for excellence in teaching psychoanalytic concepts" in 1999, he is also the recipient of Fulbright, Social Science Research Council, American Council of Learned Societies, National Endowment for the Humanities, Guggenheim, Rockefeller, Austrian Ministry of Education, Pro Helvetia, and Max Planck Institute für Geschichte fellowships and many other honors.