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The Sullivanians : sex, psychotherapy, and the wild life of an American commune / Alexander Stille.

Stille, Alexander, (author.).

Summary:

"The shocking story of the Sullivan Institute, a psychoanalytic organization of artists and intellectuals that devolved into a dangerous cult on Manhattan's Upper West Side."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780374600396
  • ISBN: 0374600392
  • Physical Description: x, 418 pages ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 411-415).
Formatted Contents Note:
A parallel world -- Part I: Precursors. Origins -- The Sullivan Institute and the world of abstract expressionism -- The 1960s -- Time of transition -- Part II. The group gathers. Transference -- Breaking with family -- Strange interlude -- Group living -- The secret history -- Part III: Building the Fourth Wall. The Kremlin and the Gang of Four -- Three Mile Island -- The secret history, part 2 -- The security squad -- Paternity -- The children of the Fourth Wall -- Having children in the group -- The defectors -- The unraveling -- Part IV: The Fourth Wall crumbles. Aftermath -- The reckoning -- Coda. The Kids are (mostly) all right.
Subject:
Newton, Saul.
Pearce, Jane, 1914-1977.
Sullivan Institute/Fourth Wall Community (New York, N.Y.)
Communal living > New York (State) > New York.
Counterculture > New York (State) > New York.
Psychoanalysts > New York (State) > New York.
Cults > New York (State) > New York.
Genre:
Informational works.
Biographies.

Available copies

  • 11 of 11 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library. (Show)

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Mars Hill Library 307.774 STI (Text) 30229101367901 Adult Nonfiction Available -
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Henderson Main Branch 307.774 S (Text) 33258010262602 Adult Nonfiction Available -
High Point Library 307.774 Stille (Text) 30519010891011 Adult Nonfiction Available -
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Summary: "The shocking story of the Sullivan Institute, a psychoanalytic organization of artists and intellectuals that devolved into a dangerous cult on Manhattan's Upper West Side."--