Jerome Kavka
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Jerome Kavka is an emeritus supervising and training analyst at the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis
. Beginning in the early 1990s, he also served as archivist for the Institute.
As a young intern at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Washington DC immediately after World War II
, Kavka treated poet Ezra Pound
. His observations, made over a four month period, ultimately led to a successful insanity plea by Pound. Kavka has written widely on Pound's psychological condition, and his writings are considered important in Pound scholarship.
Kavka was married to Georgine Rotman Kavka MD (1922–1996), a psychiatrist and professorial lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Chicago
. He is the father of the late Gregory S. Kavka
, a political philosopher, and Audrey Kavka, MD, a San Francisco Bay area
psychoanalyst and member of San Francisco Psychoanalytic Society and Institute
.
Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis
The Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis is a center for psychoanalytic research, training, and education that is located on Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago. The institute provides professional training in the theory and practice of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy...
. Beginning in the early 1990s, he also served as archivist for the Institute.
As a young intern at St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Washington DC immediately after World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, Kavka treated poet Ezra Pound
Ezra Pound
Ezra Weston Loomis Pound was an American expatriate poet and critic and a major figure in the early modernist movement in poetry...
. His observations, made over a four month period, ultimately led to a successful insanity plea by Pound. Kavka has written widely on Pound's psychological condition, and his writings are considered important in Pound scholarship.
Kavka was married to Georgine Rotman Kavka MD (1922–1996), a psychiatrist and professorial lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
. He is the father of the late Gregory S. Kavka
Kavka's toxin puzzle
Kavka's toxin puzzle is a thought experiment about the possibility of forming an intention to perform an act which, following from reason, is an action one would not actually perform. It was presented by moral and political philosopher Gregory S...
, a political philosopher, and Audrey Kavka, MD, a San Francisco Bay area
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a populated region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses metropolitan areas of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, along with smaller urban and rural areas...
psychoanalyst and member of San Francisco Psychoanalytic Society and Institute
San Francisco Psychoanalytic Society and Institute
The San Francisco Psychoanalytic Society and Institute is a facility for psychoanalytic research, training, and education located on 2420 Sutter St. in San Francisco, California. The society was founded in 1942 as California Psychoanalytic Society, and later split into the San Francisco and Los...
.