paranoid

[Garson O'Toole]

Here is some information about four citations I have checked on paper.
The 1966 date given by Google Books for the match to Christianity
Today is inaccurate. Here is the cite:

Cite: 1967 July 21, Christianity Today, Dear Slogan-Lovers by Etychus
III, Page 20, Christianity Today International, Carol Stream,
Illinois. (Verified on microfilm)

When it comes to expressing their views on life, they say by button:
"I Want to Be What I Was When I Wanted To Be What I Now Am," or
"Neuroses Are Red, Melancholy Is Blue, I'm Schizophrenic, What Are
You?," or "End Poverty, Give Me $10." They further advise: "Reality Is
Good Sometimes for Kicks But Don't Let It Get You Down," and "Even
Paranoids Have Real Enemies."


The appearance in Atlantic Monthly given below occurred in the
September 1967 issue. Arguably this precedes the September 22, 1967
mention in the New York Times.

Cite: 1967 September, The Atlantic Monthly (The Atlantic), The
Flowering of the Hippies by Mark Harris, Page 68, Column 1, Atlantic
Monthly Co. (Verified on paper)

Their paranoia was the paranoia of all youthful heretics. Even
Paranoids Have Real Enemies. True. But they saw all the world as
straight but them; all cops were brutes, and everyone else was an arm
of the cops.


Cite: 1967 April, Bulletin of the American Psychoanalytic Association,
Volume 23, Number 1, [Psychoanalysis - A Current Look by Leo Rangell],
Page 427, [This Bulletin was bound together with Journal of the
American Psychoanalytic Association, Volume 15] International
Universities Press, Inc., New York. (Google Books snippet, Verified on
paper)

Just as Freud pointed out that there is a kernel of truth behind even
a paranoid delusion (no connection intended!), so I submit that there
are facts behind these strongly held opinions which we would do well
to look into—but not in order to declare our demise.


Cite: 1953, "Collected Papers of Otto Fenichel: First Series",
[Psychoanalysis and Metaphysics: A Critical Inquiry; First published
in Imago, Vol. 9, 1923, pp. 318-343.] [The text below is part of a
footnote at the bottom of page 11], W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., New
York. (Google Books snippet; Verified on paper)

Freud, in his study "Certain Neurotic Mechanisms in Jealousy, Paranoia
and Homosexuality," (Coll. Pap., Vol. II, London, Hogarth, 1948),
shows that even paranoiacs do not project arbitrarily, but rather by
exaggerating minute objective signs.

Otto Fenichel who died in 1946. The footnote refers to a volume of
Freud's papers that was published in 1948. Thus, the footnote was
either created or updated after the death of Fenichel. A note in the
preface states "In all references to Freud's work the latest editions
are given." This suggests that the footnote may have been written by
Otto Fenichel and then the reference edition for Freud was modified. I
have not examined the paper in Imago.

Garson

On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 11:48 AM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Also of interest: who says "paranoics" anymore?
>
> (I've never seen a reference to "the paranoics of  _Catch-22_" (i.e., the
> paranoid substabtive and structural elements), but "erotics" is everywhere,
> so why the hell not?
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> JL
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> On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 9:30 AM, Garson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> An interesting version of the kernel of the idea appears in a footnote
>> of a book by Otto Fenichel (apparently dated 1953). The remark is
>> connected to Freud because Fenichel states that it can be concluded
>> when reading a paper written by Freud. This fits with the intriguing
>> 1967 Journal of the APA cite that Victor found.
>>
>> 1953, "Collected papers: Volume 1" by Otto Fenichel, GB Page 11, W.W.
>> Norton, New York. (Google Books snippet; Not verified on paper)
>>
>> Freud, in his study "Certain Neurotic Mechanisms in Jealousy, Paranoia
>> and  Homosexuality," (Coll. Pap., Vol. n, London, Hogarth, 1948),
>> shows that even paranoiacs do not project arbitrarily, but rather by
>> exaggerating minute objective signs.
>>
>> Garson
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>> On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 1:42 AM, victor steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>
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>> > Schwartz died in isolation in 1966, so if he did utter that line, it was
>> > long before that.
>> >
>> > Here's one from 1967 that may send people on a wild goose chase:
>> >
>> > http://goo.gl/HbiQm
>> > Journal of the APA, 1967
>> > [p. 427]
>> >
>> >> Just as Freud pointed out that there is a kernel of truth behind even a
>> >> paranoiddelusion (no connection intended!), so I submit that there are
>> facts
>> >> behind these strongly held opinions which we would do well to look
>> into--but
>> >> not in order to declare our demise.
>> >
>> >
>> > I did trace the Kissinger attribution to three articles in
>> 1977--Cincinnati
>> > magazine (review of Wheeler's Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics), an article
>> in
>> > Newsweek (attributing the quip to an anonymous "presidential aide" who
>> uses
>> > it repeatedly) and Time (directly quoting Kissinger).
>>  ...
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