Interview with Alice Miller, November 1992 [interview]
Channel: Alice Miller Audio [English]
Date: 2015-09-21

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These answers were given to a journalist who sent the questions for an American magazine but eventually the interview could not be published because Alice Miller refused to accept the suggested editing.

Questions:
Can you describe your childhood?
Was there any particular moment or set of circumstances that led you into what has proven to be your life's work?
At the beginning of your career, were there any significant influences, mentors, models?
Do you believe there is such a thing as " human nature "? If so, what do you think the quality of this nature is?
You seem to suggest that for many parents, raising a child becomes a kind of psychodrama, in which their own mistreatment is re-enacted in the brutalization of their child. That this happens with brutal child-abusers is well-known, but what I would like to hear more about is how this re-enactment phenomenon affects the life of those millions of families whose inner working does not go completely out of control but who's dynamic could nevertheless be called "abusive".
What do you think the role of religion is in the raising of children? Also, how does religion affect the behavior of parents…? I'm thinking particularly of how religion might affect the ideology of child-rearing?
Some critics of the so-called "inner-child movement" have suggested that the concentration on childhood is a form of sell-pity and even narcissism. How would you respond to this common criticism?
Some people would say that you tend to see the family in isolation, relatively unaffected by economics, culture, and history. How would you respond to this criticism?

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