In the 1920s, philosophers began applying the psychoanalytic concept of transference to the classroom. Anyone who has ever experienced a “bad class,” either as a student or as a teacher, will recognize the dynamics they described, Merve Emre writes. Are You My Mother? Transference and the contemporary classroom.

 

In the 1920s, philosophers began applying the psychoanalytic concept of transference to the classroom. Anyone who has ever experienced a “bad class,” either as a student or as a teacher, will recognize the dynamics they described, Merve Emre writes.

Are You My Mother?

Transference and the contemporary classroom.