Douglas Kirsner, PhD, is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and Psychoanalytic Studies at Deakin University, Melbourne. He is the author of The Schizoid World of Jean-Paul Sartre and R. D. Laing and Unfree Associations: Inside Psychoanalytic Institutes. His interest in Laing includes living in a Philadelphia Association household during the 1970s.
This a the most thorough and revealing account of the inner workings of psychoanalytic institutions. It is an in-depth study of the four leading PSA institutes in the US and their recent political... (more)
In this remarkable review of the seminal contribution of the Scottish psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, R. D. Laing, the three authors, each intimately acquainted with the subject matter, explore... (more)