Lincoln's Quest for Union

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In Lincoln's Quest for Union, Charles Strozier gives the most probing account available of Lincoln's inner life--from the time he was a young man in Illinois, just finding himself, through his ascent to the presidency when he guided the nation and articulated for the country the meaning of the Civil War. With the probity of an open-minded historian and the skills of a trained therapist (he is both), Strozier examines Lincoln's relationships to women: his mother, stepmother, two young loves, and Mary Todd. He also considers Lincoln's feelings toward his father and male friends and colleagues. In this psychological portrait, the reader comes closer than ever to understanding our greatest president.

For this revised edition, Professor Strozier has incorporated new sources--most important, the writings of William Herndon, Lincoln's long-time law partner--to update and expand his psychological portrait of our 16th president.

"This is a remarkable book with extraordinary insights about the inner life of Abraham Lincoln. It will be read and studied for years to come, for Charles Strozier brings to every chapter the very qualities that Lincoln himself possessed--empathy, wisdom, balance, and creativity." -- Doris Kearns Goodwin, Author of No Ordinary Time

"When Lincoln's Quest for Union was first published, it was immediately recognized as the best-informed and most perceptive analysis of Lincoln's inner life. This new edition, extensively revised and expanded, is even more rewarding. This is a basic book in the Lincoln canon--a work of great intelligence, written with sensitivity and literary grace. I cannot recommend it highly enough." -- Prof. David Herbert Donald, Author of Lincoln

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The 16th American President on the therapist's couch .......2006-10-18

This book is a wonder insight into the psyche of Abraham Lincoln. This book focuses on the history of Lincoln, not so much the history of his political terms as president, rather the history behind the morals and personality of the man himself. Charles Strozier does a wonderful job in piecing together the facts and fables in order to tell the tale of Lincoln. There are so many folk tales on Lincoln that it can be hard to figure out what really happened and what didn't. There are myriad sources used in order to give this book the depth needed to paint a lush illustration of such an interesting person.

Abraham Lincoln is easily connected to the American Civil War. However in this book, not much of the war is really mentioned. Nor are detailed aspects of his political policies. The book traces the lifeline of Lincoln as child all the way to his death. Many psychological depictions are utilized in understanding the soul, mind, emotion and motivation behind the spirit of Abe Lincoln. I found it very interesting and satisfying to have such a blend of history and psychology, which is a wonderful way to do a case study on a person.

Lincoln's Quest for Union.......2005-10-31

Charles Strozier's, Lincoln's Quest for Union: A Psychological Portrait, is a telling example of a recent transformation in historiography. Historicism's birth began with the Greeks in the 1st century bc., and has since evolved into a diverse, professional inquiry. In recent years, historicism has witnessed the infusion of the social sciences. Historians regularly apply professional methods in the subjects of sociology, anthropology, and in this particular case, psychology. Strozier, a professional historian, has extensively trained in the field of psychoanalysis. In Lincoln's Quest for Union, Strozier has produced an eloquent psycho-biography, in which he incorporates the theoretical approaches of Freud, Erkison and Kohourt, providing an entirely unique perspective of the psyche of the most published figure in world history.

The first theme of Strozier's monograph is an analyses of Lincoln's early childhood on the frontier. Strozier begins by describing the lack of evidence during this particular time period in Lincoln's life. Despite the lack of concrete sources, it permits endless opportunities for psycho/historical interpretations. Strozier begins by exposing Lincoln's relationship with his biological mother, Nancy Hanks. His interpretations rely heavily on Lincoln's limited conservation's with William Herdon. According to Herdon, Lincoln displayed a quiet sense of pride in his illegitimacy despite the social implications commonly held for illegitimate children. Lincoln describes illegitimate children as being, "generally smarter, shrewder, and more intellectual than others". More significant in Strozier's interpretation however, is Lincoln's biological inheritance of Nancy's personality traits. Primary sources by those who knew her best describe her as: empathetic, intelligent, literate, funny, kind, warm, affectionate, and sometimes melancholy. Strozier argues, these adjectives associated with Nancy are a mirror image of Lincoln's own personality traits.

Strozier dedicates the remaining literature to Lincoln's daily life on the frontier. He begins by addressing the sociological norms and gender identities associated with the frontier life and how Lincoln represented the polar opposite in respect to male identity. Strozier explains how Lincoln detested physical labor, avoided hunting when possible, and had an unusual interest for knowledge and education. Lincoln avoided helping his father with the frontier obligations, and instead, self-educated himself through reading. Those who knew Lincoln during his childhood years describe him as having a profound thirst for knowledge, a self educated man, reading everything he could get his hands on.

Strozier concludes his first theme with a theory that is revisited throughout most of his monograph. At the age of nine, Lincoln's biological mother died unexpectedly. Despite the remarkable role Sarah provides in Lincoln's life as his stepmother, Strozier argues, the loss of a parent during childhood years is a central force in shaping one's personal identity. As a consequence of his mother's death, Lincoln develops a profound fear of intimacy and relationships throughout his adolescence and young adulthood. These fears, Strozier argues, contributed immensely to his psychological development and early depression.

Strozier's second theme analyzes Lincoln's psychological development during his young adulthood in Salem, Illinois. While in Salem, Lincoln gained employment as a surveyor, store owner, postmaster, and served in the Illinois state legislature. Despite his moderate success as a surveyor and politician, his irresponsibility as a postmaster and investment failures in business weighed heavily on his lack of confidence and insecurity. Strozier relates Lincoln's emotional reactions to Erik Erikson's, industry v.s inferiority, stage of development.

Lincoln's relationship with women contributed to his insecurity as well. The love of his life Ann Ruthledge, suddenly died due to health complications in 1835. The death of Ann also dates the birth of Lincoln's chronic depression. Years later, Lincoln begins to court Mary Owens, and unexpectedly ended the relationship. A short time after, Lincoln's becomes engaged to Mary Todd, only to break off the engagement. Strozier's psychoanalytical explanation for Lincoln's behavior is that he learned a profound fear of intimacy with women since his mother's death. Everyone women with whom he was intimate with died-Nancy and Ann. As a result, Strozier argues, Lincoln displaces any women he feels emotional attachment with. This fear will continue to plague Lincoln until he meets his most intimate friend, Joshua Speed.

Lincoln met Joshua after responding to Speed's employment add in a local newspaper. On their first encounter, Joshua writes, "I have never saw a man so gloomy and melancholy of a face". Speed offered Lincoln the job as store clerk and invited Lincoln to live with him above the store, in which he cordially accepted. Speed, similar to Lincoln, possessed a great fear of sexual intimacy. Strozier argues, because of their identical fears, Speed and Lincoln develop an intimate relationship, in which for a brief time, satisfies both their need for intimacy.

The turning point in Lincoln's fear of intimacy occurred when Speed fell in love and married Fanny Hemming. After their marriage, Speed migrated north with Hemming and remained in contact with Lincoln through regular letters. Much of the content in Speed's letters speak of happiness and closure with his marriage to Hemming. Strozier argues, Speed's successful marriage liberated Lincoln's fear of sexual intimacy. Shortly after, Lincoln and Mary reunite and wed in 1842.
Strozier's third theme analyses Lincoln's relationship with his "fathers". He begins by presenting a quote from Erikson: "a man must confront his childhood, and, above all, give an account of his conflict with his father". Lincoln's relationship with his stepfather, Thomas Lincoln, is one of conflict and resentment. Lincoln's choice of adjectives in describing his father is illustrating: dumb, lazy, and illiterate. Lincoln's desire for knowledge and his father's complete lack there of, proved to be the polarizing issue in their relationship. Lincoln's embarrassment and resentment towards Thomas prove to be an issue until his father's death in 1849.

Strozier exposes Lincoln's evasion of Thomas his entire adulthood. Thomas Lincoln never met Mary nor any of their children. While on his deathbed, Thomas wrote Lincoln requesting a meeting to end a lifetime of emotional detachment. Lincoln responded to Thomas by claiming he was to be busy with his professional life which Strozier proves to be an exaggeration. Shortly after, Thomas died and Lincoln did not attend his funeral for unknown reasons. Strozier exposes a severe guilt Lincoln experienced through his actions. Strozier argues, as an unconscious remedy and closure to his behavior, Lincoln named his second son after his father.

Strozier then transfers his analyses to Lincoln's relationship with the "founding fathers". Strozier spends great time in describing Lincoln's relationship with the founding fathers in several ways. First he describes Lincoln's view of the founding fathers as being godlike. Lincoln characterizes the fathers as being, "deities", "the pillars of American democracy". Lincoln viewed his role in American democracy as the savoir of their democratic principles. Secondly, Strozier argues, the founding fathers represented everything Thomas Lincoln lacked as Lincoln's father: intelligence, hard work, and above all, American national Identity.

After the civil war, Lincoln's relationship with the founding fathers begins a sudden transformation. Before and during his presidency, Lincoln viewed the fathers as untouchables, and viewed himself and others, as inferior in comparison . However, after Lincoln reunited the country and preserved the ideology of the founding fathers, Lincoln placed himself among the fathers as their equal.

Strozier's fourth theme is one in which he consistently reexamines throughout his thesis. Mary Todd Lincoln remains one of the most controversial first ladies in American history. Strozier dedicates the most of two chapters analyzing Mary's personality traits and her marriage relations with Lincoln. Those who knew Mary best describe her as being a Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hide. Some describe her as: loving, intelligent, dedicated and classy. Others describe her as: vengeful, wrathful, impulsive, snotty, and insane. Similar to Lincoln, Mary's relationship with her father is one of pain and resentment. As a result, Strozier argues with Freudian theory, Mary unconsciously sought a father figure in Lincoln. This constant need for love and affection create severe marriage problems and eventually help contribute to her institutionalization in 1875. Lincoln's law and political career proved to be a destructive factor in their marriage as well. Lincoln's career compelled him to be absent from Mary for days, weeks, sometimes even months. This consistent lack of love, security, and affection, which Mary desperately sought, drove her to mental insanity.

Strozier's analyses of Lincoln's tiring relationship with Mary offer insightful details of his personality and character. Despite the inevitability of Lincoln's absences from Mary, evidence indicates he intentionally prolonged their duration. When Lincoln's colleagues chose to return home for long weekends, Lincoln remained. Strozier argues, Lincoln's decisions were motivated by a sense of healing through prolonged absences. Constant separations offered both a mending of wounds and the desire to reunite. However, when Lincoln did return, he quickly became submerged in his profession, pushed Mary away, and isolated himself in privacy.

Strozier's fifth theme dedicates much research to Lincoln's political ideology before his presidency. Despite Lincoln's freshmen rank as a national politician during his career in the House of Representatives, Lincoln pursued an assertive stance on the nation's most controversial politics. The first issue he firmly opposed was the Mexican War. Strozier argues, Lincoln's approach was motivated by his strong commitment of his constitutional interpretations and his obsession with the ideology of the founding fathers. Lincoln viewed Polk's foreign policy as a violation of the founding father's ideology of international relations, and placed Polk on the same level as a tyrannical king. Despite his colorful arguments, Lincoln received very little support among his colleagues.

The most controversial of Lincoln's political philosophy was his anti-slavery convictions. Lincoln's personal philosophy is one of contradiction and confusion. Strozier begins his analyses by explaining how historians have uncovered Lincoln's brave opposition to slavery and his gloomy contentions of black inferiority. However, rather than analyze Lincoln's anti-slavery positions, Strozier places much emphasis on Lincoln's language toward blacks, his unconscious descriptions of them, and the intentions of the founding fathers.

Lincoln commonly described the black experience in America by using animals as an imagery for blacks. In doing so, Strozier argues, Lincoln unconsciously displayed his beliefs on the inferiority of blacks. He saw them as objects rather than equals. On one occasion he describe an image of a slave ship arriving on American shores. Ironically he described the crew as being melancholy and the slaves as being "happy creatures". Strozier's interprets Lincoln's analyses as an unconscious comparison between himself and the crew. The crew, comparable to himself, displayed signs of agony and depression in relatively happy conditions.

Strozier's last argument in Lincoln's pendulum-like position on slavery, was motivated by the ideology of the founding fathers. Lincoln believed the founding fathers constitutional support for the institution of slavery was inspired by a guaranteed passing of the constitution in its itself, because of the economic significance it contributed. He believed so strongly in the legitimacy of the constitution, he believed it to be unconstitutional to construct a movement to end the south's "right to property".

Strozier's final theme attempts to offer a psychological explanation of a recurring topic in Lincoln historiography. Historians are perplexed in providing a unified explanation of Lincoln's political success despite his humble background and lifetime struggle with depression. Although Lincoln battled his depression privately, those who knew Lincoln best, provide detailed descriptions of his severe depression. Lincoln's depression was "chiseled in his face" as one friend described. Some even described Lincoln as suicidal. Strozier attributes Lincoln's depression from his insecurity, anxiety, war time, high expectations, and the death of loved ones. Lincoln set high political expectations, and when failure resulted, he slipped deep into despair.

Strozier's interpretation relies heavily on the theoretical approach of Heinz Kohut. Kohut's self-psychology theory provides an explanation for the healthy growth of one's personality through simple emotions: humor, empathy, creativity and wisdom. Despite his severe depression, Lincoln possessed a charismatic sense of humor. Lincoln's humor was a daily ritual. Whether through story telling, irony, anecdotes, etc., Lincoln used humor to ease his troubled thoughts. Lincoln even used humor to combat those who opposed him.

Strozier argues, empathy and creativity served as a deterrence to Lincoln's depression as well. Lincoln felt an overwhelming sense of guilt for casualties of the civil war. He often wrote grieving mothers eulogy-like letters for their loss. Lincoln is often described as incredibly forgiving as well. He never held a grudge as Strozier describes. These personality traits were crucial in the Lincoln's fight not only to preserve the union and end slavery, but to maintain his own sanity.
Lincoln's wisdom and creativity proved to be the most significant trait according to Strozier. As one theologian has expressed, artist's produce their greatest creations in times of personal anguish. Lincoln was heavily read in all areas, especially in the bible and his personal favorite, Shakespeare. Strozier argues, Lincoln unique use of literary style in his writings, reflect his profound knowledge of both the bible and Shakespeare. His creative style of writing, served as a therapeutic outlet for his depression and anxiety.

Professional reviews give praise to Strozier's unique monograph. Robert H. Abzug, is a professor of history at the University of Texas. Abzug, like Strozier, is published in the field of psychohistory. Abzug describes Lincoln's Quest for Union, as "sensitive and revealing". Abzug argues, Strozier's strongest interpretations analyze Lincoln's childhood, youth, and marriage. His criticism addresses Strozier's habit of writing a psychohistory rather than pyschobiography. He tends to stray from his field of expertise, and lacks knowledge dealing with the political and economic history of the civil war era.

Bertam Wyatt Brown review, a professor of history at Case Western University, is similar to that of Abzug. He commends Strozier's analyses of Lincoln's early years, family relations, and particularly his marriage with Mary Todd. However, Brown argues, Strozier has a tendency to carelessly apply recent theories to particular topics. Brown finds this problem in Strozier analysis of Lincoln's political career. He criticizes Strozier for his lack of "cold-eye realism" in many aspects of his book . Overall, however, both historians find Lincoln's Quest for Union a noteworthy monograph.

Lincoln's Quest for Union, is an informative and persuasive historical monograph. Strozier's professional training in psychoanalysis is present throughout his thesis. He persuasively incorporates specific psychoanalytical theories from the likes of Freud, Erikson, and Kohurt. He stresses a great deal of emphasis in Lincoln's psychological development during his childhood, in which he feels is the most significant time in one's development. Strozier does a fantastic job in his research and interpretations, despite the severe lack of evidence. He clearly demonstrates an acute ability in his choice of sources as well. He seldom uses prior research on any particular subject, and relies almost entirely on primary sources. Strozier mainly uses primary source descriptions and accounts of those who knew Lincoln best, and off course, Lincoln himself.

Some criticism must be exposed in his application of psychoanalytical theories to specific topics of choice. In chapter one for example, Strozier applies Freudian theory to a turkey hunt, describing it as a symbolic, vengeful reaction of Lincoln's jealousy towards his father's intimacy with his mother. Criticism may also be applied to his organizational techniques. Though never confusing, Strozier has a tendency to shift topics rapidly, only to return again much later.

Psychoanalysis is a complicated field of psychology. Strozier could have explained each psychologist and their respective theories in more detail. The reader finds themselves doing brief research on a particular psychoanalytical theory when Strozier begins to analyze certain topics. He does not explain with any clarification, Heinz Kohut's theory of self-psychology in which the last chapter is strictly based.

My last criticism lies in chapter six, "Law and Order". Though brief as compared to others, it seems needles to dedicate its content to a single chapter. Strozier argues, Lincoln's personality is apparent in his profession as a lawyer. His obsession with law and order, fixation on the ideology of the constitution, and belief in equal protection under the law, is a clear representation of his personal convictions and a clear indication of his personality.

Despite these minor flaws, Lincoln's Quest for Union, is an intelligent-well researched monograph. Strozier's training as a psychoanalyst is clearly apparent throughout his work. I would highly recommended this book to anyone interested in the psychology of Abraham Lincoln.

Brian R. DeDentro
(Rhode Island College)

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LINCOLNS QUEST FOR UNION
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