In a sequence of short, condensed entries, Ferenczi's diary records self-critical reflections on conventional psychoanalytic theory-as well as criticisms of his own experiments with technique-and his obstinate struggle to divest himself and psychoanalysis of professional hypocrisy.

In a sequence of short, condensed entries, Ferenczi's diary records self-critical reflections on conventional psychoanalytic theory-as well as criticisms of his own experiments with technique-and his obstinate struggle to divest himself and psychoanalysis of professional hypocrisy.