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An Enduring Legacy: Revisiting Ten Forgotten Classics on Psychoanalytic Technique

Editor : Salman Akhtar, Editor : Sureyya Iscan, Editor : Cuneyt Iscan

Reviews and Endorsements

‘Psychoanalytic legacy has constantly been contested by critics, historians, and contemporary psychoanalysts themselves. Notwithstanding that, the editors of this volume have selected ten exquisite papers by the early masters, framing each with informative introductions and scholarly reassessments of their relevance and limitations. A book to be savoured, at a time when you thought there was nothing left in the history of psychoanalysis to surprise and inspire you.’
ALEKSANDAR DIMITRIJEVIĆ, Ph.D. Lecturer, International Psychoanalytic University, Berlin, Coeditor of Encountering Silencing: Forms of Oppression in Individuals, Families and Communities

‘This book draws together the clinical thinking of ten important early contributors to psychoanalysis. It allows the readers to refresh their knowledge of the lives and works of these pioneers while focusing sharply on one paper by each of them. More importantly, it compares and contrasts the technical suggestions contained in these early papers with the viewpoint of contemporary psychoanalysis. An Enduring Legacy thus makes many forgotten but therapeutically useful insights of early analysis easily accessible to today's clinicians. A great gift indeed!’
MARY KAY O'NEIL, Ph.D. Training and Supervising Analyst, Toronto Institute of Psychoanalysis, Author of Mothering Alone: A Plea for Opportunity

‘As psychoanalysis increasingly ventures into new areas, it is important to go back and read the works of the pioneers in our field. The carefully introduced and discussed papers in this excellent selection breathe an openness and enthusiasm in their immediate access to clinical work that make this book inspiring for the early career clinicians and invigorating for senior analysts across various schools.’
CORDELIA SCHMIDT-HELLERAU, Ph.D. Training and Supervising Analyst, Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, Author of Life Drive & Death Drive, Libido & Lethe