Freud’s Signorelli forgetting was driven by an imposed silence he could not breach

Evidence

In connection with this event, Freud tells his readers that he has a lot on his mind about which he cannot talk-Freud says this much: He must remain silent. He was constrained to be silent, he says (“what is there to be said?” 5), at least on the topic (“I did not want to allude to the topic,” 3) and therefore had to interrupt himself: “It was a motive which caused me to interrupt myself while recounting what was in my mind” (4). — Gil Anidjar, The Jew, the Arab, 655