Using historical analysis, Dr. Schwartz will offer an understanding of the sources of the devaluing of gay men in psychoanalytic and psychological theory.  He situates the contradiction of our disciplines' theory and values that is inherent in the disparagement of male homosexuality, in the larger context of the history of xenophobia in the United States.  This includes special attention to the negative contributions of Sandor Rado, among other mid-century psychoanalysts.  Dr. Schwartz concludes by suggesting that the antidote […]