This paper explores the way American intellectuals depicted Sigmund Freud during the peak of popularity and prestige of psychoanalysis in the US, roughly the decade and a half following World War II. These intellectuals insisted upon the unassailability of Freud's mind and personality. He was depicted as unsusceptible to any external force or influence, a trait which was thought to account for Freud's admirable comportment as a scientist, colleague and human being. This post-war image of Freud was shaped in part by the Cold War anxiety that modern individuality was imperilled by totalitarian forces, which could only be resisted by the most rugged of selves. It was also shaped by the unique situation of the intellectuals themselves, who were eager to position themselves, like the Freud they imagined, as steadfastly independent and critical thinkers who would, through the very clarity of their thought, lead America to a more robust democracy.

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坚定不移的自我：战后美国知识分子中的弗洛伊德形象

本文探讨了在第二次世界大战之后大约十年半的时间里，美国知识分子在美国精神分析的知名度和声望达到顶峰时对西格蒙德·弗洛伊德的描绘方式。这些知识分子坚持认为，弗洛伊德的思想和性格不可动摇。他被描绘为不受任何外在力量或影响的影响，这一特征被认为可以解释弗洛伊德作为科学家，同事和人类所享有的令人钦佩的称赞。战后弗洛伊德的形象在一定程度上是由于冷战时期的焦虑，即现代个性受到极权主义势力的阻碍，极权势力只能抵制这种抵抗。知识分子本身的独特处境也决定了这种情况，知识分子渴望像自己想象中的弗洛伊德一样，定位自己，