Anthony Storr

Anthony Storr(18 May 1920 – 17 March 2001) was an Englishpsychiatrist,psychoanalyst,and author.

Background and education

Born inLondon,Storr was educated atWinchester College,Christ's College, Cambridge,andWestminster Hospital.^[1]^[2]He was in the first cohort of medics to train in Jungian analysis at theSociety of Analytical Psychologyin London.^[3]

Career

In 1974, Storr moved from private practice to a teaching appointment at theWarneford HospitalinOxford,until his retirement in 1984.^[1]

Personal

Storr was, as one of his obituarists observed, "no stranger to suffering at formative stages of his life."^[1]He married twice, toCatherine Cole(who became a children's writer under her married name) in 1942 and writer Catherine Peters in 1970 after the first marriage ended in divorce.^[4]

Distinctions

Emeritus Fellow ofGreen College(1984)
Fellow of theRoyal Society of Literature(1990)
HonoraryFRCPsych(1993)^[2]

Works

In his books, Storr explored the secrets of the dark sides of the human psyche –sexual deviations(Sexual Deviation,1964),aggression(Human Aggression,1968), and destructiveness (Human Destructiveness,1972). At the same time, he saw the possibility of creative use of these spontaneousdrivesand directing them towards sports, scientific and artistic feats (The Dynamics of Creation,1972).^[2]^[4]

In his bookMusic and the Mind,Storr explores various theories on theorigins of music.^[5]

In chapter 3 of the book Storr writes:

Although music is sometimes referred to as a universal language, this is an entirely misleading description. The difficulty of appreciating music from different periods of history or from different cultures is a powerful argument in favour of the view that the various types of music are predominantly cultural artefacts rather than based on natural phenomena.^[6]

In his final bookFeet of Clay; Saints, Sinners, and Madmen: The Power and Charisma of Gurus(1996) Storr tracks typical patterns, often involvingpsychotic disordersthat shape the development of theguru.^[7]He challengesJesus' mental healthby implying that there are psychological similarities between crazy "messiahs" such asJim Jones,David Koresh,and respected religious leaders, includingJesus.^[4]His study is an attempt to look at Jesus as one of many gurus.^[8]

Publications

The Integrity of the Personality(1961)ISBN 978-0-345-37585-8
Sexual Deviation(1964)ISBN 978-0-14-020649-4
Human Aggression(1968)ISBN 978-0-689-10261-5
Human Destructiveness(1972)ISBN 978-0-435-82190-6
The Dynamics of Creation(1972)ISBN 978-0-689-10455-8
Jung(1973)ISBN 978-0-00-633166-7
The Essential Jung(1983)ISBN 978-0-691-08615-6
The School of Genius(1988)ISBN 978-90-254-6789-0
Solitude: A Return to the Self(1988)ISBN 978-0-00-654349-7— paperback retitling ofThe School of Genius
Freud(1989)ISBN 978-0-192-82210-9
The Art of Psychotherapy(1979, 1980)ISBN 978-0-416-60211-1
Churchill's Black Dog, Kafka's Mice, and Other Phenomena of the Human Mind(1990)ISBN 978-0-00-637566-1
Human Destructiveness: The Roots of Genocide and Human Cruelty(1991)ISBN 978-0-415-07170-3– fully revised edition ofHuman Destructiveness
Music and the Mind(1992)ISBN 978-0-00-215398-0
Feet of Clay; Saints, Sinners, and Madmen: A Study of Gurus(1996)ISBN 978-0-684-82818-3
The Essential Jung: Selected Writings(1998)ISBN 978-0-00-653065-7– another edition ofThe Essential Jung
Freud: A Very Short Introduction(2001)ISBN 978-0-19-285455-1– another edition ofFreud

References

^^a ^b ^cStevens, Anthony (20 March 2001)."Obituary: Anthony Storr".The Guardian.Retrieved30 July2020.
^^a ^b ^cStevens, Anthony (September 2001)."Obituary: Anthony Storr".BJPsych Bulletin.25(9): 365–366.doi:10.1192/pb.25.9.365.ISSN 2056-4694.
^Fordham, Michael (1998). Hobdell, Roger (ed.).Freud, Jung, Klein-- the Fenceless Field: Essays on Psychoanalysis and Analytical Psychology.London: Routledge.ISBN 978-0-415186155.
^^a ^b ^c"Obituary: Anthony Storr".The Telegraph.21 March 2001.Retrieved29 July2020.
^"MUSIC AND THE MIND-" Review "".Kirkus Reviews.Retrieved7 December2021.
^Storr, Anthony(1992).Music and the mind.Ballantine Books.p. 50.ISBN 000215398X.
^"Feet Of Clay: The Power and Charisma of Gurus".Storytel.19 May 2015. Archived fromthe originalon 27 December 2022.
^Storr, Anthony (1997).Feet of Clay; Saints, Sinners, and Madmen: A Study of Gurus.New York: Free Press Paperbacks. pp.139–140.ISBN 0-684-83495-2.

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