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The Wisdom of Lived Experience: Views from Psychoanalysis, Neuroscience, Philosophy and Metaphysics

Author(s) : Maxine K. Anderson

Reviews and Endorsements

‘This is a wonderfully interesting book. Seldom have I read someone with such sophisticated comprehension of the psychoanalytic literature who grasps so deeply what neuropsychoanalysis is all about. In doing so, Maxine K. Anderson transfers her sympathetic understanding of relevant neuroscientific literature to her readers with lucid clarity. The result is an original, fascinating, and profoundly forward-looking book.’
- Mark Solms, psychoanalyst and neuropsychologist, and author of The Feeling Brain

‘Maxine K. Anderson’s exciting new book is a beautiful voyage into the richness of contemporary psychoanalysis. In order to explore the secret links between the birth of the psyche and mental suffering she draws attention to many fascinating subjects: new ideas on dreams, hallucinosis, innate preconceptions of the world, the interplay of implicit and explicit memories, and many others. Anderson’s style is one of the best examples I know of how flowing, rhythmic language may clearly convey compelling discussion of deeply considered topics. I would recommend this book to every psychoanalyst or psychotherapist as an original contribution to our field and as an outstanding account of the state of the art in psychoanalysis.’
- Giuseppe Civitarese, author of Truth and the Unconscious in Psychoanalysis

‘Calling on poetry, philosophy, and neuroscience, including the newly emerging epigenetics, Maxine K. Anderson elucidates how wisdom can be gained from lived experience. Astute understanding of the relationship between mind and brain is best illustrated with her thesis that the ongoing dialogue between the right and left hemispheres of the brain is what constitute our minds - our subjectivity. Dr Anderson’s well-substantiated work can convince even the most diehard intellectual theoretician that trusting and sharing one’s experience leads to effective learning and subjective development. This book will be of high relevance to the practice of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy.’
- Mary Kay O’Neil, PhD, training and supervising analyst, Toronto Psychoanalytic Society

‘In this exciting and clearly-written book, Maxine K. Anderson contributes to the future of psychoanalysis. She convincingly demonstrates how clinical theory and practice, neuroscience, philosophy, physics, and poetry can enlighten each other as they deal with different aspects of the same questions. This interdisciplinary dialogue is essential to the deeper understanding of that still mysterious thing we call mind.’
- Alan Bass, PhD, training analyst and faculty member of IPTAR and the Contemporary Freudian Society