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Clinical Evolutions on the Superego, Body, and Gender in Psychoanalysis
Patients in psychoanalytic treatment present with a variety of problems that reflect contemporary cultural issues and values. Clinical Evolutions of the Superego, Body, and Gender in Psychoanalysis... (more)
The Historiography of Psychoanalysis
Today Sigmund Freud's legacy seems as hotly contested as ever. He continues to attract fanaticism of one kind or another. If Freud might be disappointed at the failure of his successors to confirm... (more)
Learning Along the Way: Further Reflections on Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
Learning Along the Way sees Patrick Casement trace the development and application of his earlier key contributions to psychoanalytic technique. These include his observations about internal... (more)
Conceptual Issues in Psychoanalysis: Essays in History and Method
In Conceptual Issues in Psychoanalysis, John Gedo's mastery of Freudian theory and broad historical consciousness subserve a new goal: an understanding of "dissidence" in psychoanalysis. Gedo... (more)
Cold War Freud: Psychoanalysis in an Age of Catastrophes
In Cold War Freud, Dagmar Herzog uncovers the astonishing array of concepts of human selfhood which circulated across the globe in the aftermath of World War II. Against the backdrop of Nazism and... (more)
After Lacan: Literature, Theory, and Psychoanalysis in the 21st Century
This book draws on the distinct phases of Jacques Lacan's career to show his way of thinking in and beyond his lifetime. It is an examination of the past, present, and futures of psychoanalysis, as... (more)
Psychoanalysis and the GlObal
Psychoanalysis and the GlObal is about the hole at the heart of the "glObal," meaning the instability and indecipherability that lies at the hub of globalization. The contributors use psychoanalysis... (more)
The Repression of Psychoanalysis: Otto Fenichel and the Political Freudians
By examining the private correspondence of a circle of German psychoanalyst emigres that included Otto Fenichel, Annie Reich, and Edith Jacobson, Russell Jacoby recaptures the radical zeal of... (more)
Modern Psychoanalysis: New Directions and Perspective
A definitive exploration of the expanding horizons of this still controversial approach to and treatment of human behaviour. Thirty-five contributors explore new approaches to psychonalytic theory... (more)
Irrationality and the Philosophy of Psychoanalysis: New Edition
Using the theories of Freud and Klein, the author argues that psychoanalysis provides the most penetrating answers concerning the problems of the subconscious and irrationality.
Clinical Perspectives on the Supervision of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
A collection of papers on the actual practice of analytic supervision.
Thresholds Between Philosophy and Psychoanalysis: Papers from the Philadelphia Association
This interesting selection of papers illuminates the contribution of the Philadelphia Associations to philisophical criticism of psychoanalytic concepts. (more)
The Relational Self: Theoretical Convergences in Psychoanalysis and Social Psychology
The book is divided into four sections. The first two examine current perspectives from psychoanalytic self psychology and social psychology, and the latter two present an integration of... (more)
Centres and Peripheries of Psychoanalysis: An Introduction to Psychoanalytic Studies
This book is designed to meet the needs of students who seek,
Psychoanalysis in Contexts: Paths Between Theory and Modern Culture
Explores the changes in psychoanalytic theory over the last century, and the relationship between psychoanalysis and contemporary culture. Contributors include Jessica Benjamin, Cornelius... (more)
Young Man Luther: A Study in History and Psychoanalysis
In this psychobiography, Erik H. Erikson brings his insights on human development and the identity crisis to bear on the leading figure of the Protestant Reformation, Martin Luther. 288 pages.
Literature and Psychoanalysis: The Question of Reading Otherwise
This thought-provoking volume contains readings of Shakespeare - including Lacan's study of Hamlet - Coleridge, Dante, as well as Freud, Lacan, Marx, Derrida and Plato. (more)
The Suppressed Madness of Sane Men: Forty-Four Years of Exploring Psychoanalysis
Marion Milner introduces this edited collection of her papers from 1942 to 1977 with a fascinating biographical account of her development in psychoanalysis. The collection includes her classic... (more)
Psychoanalysis and Storytelling
Examines the relationship between literary narrative and psychoanalysis, using Freud's notion of transference as a model for how narratives work. (more)
Psychoanalysis in Transition: A Personal View
Examines the nature of psychological therapy informed by psychoanalytical concepts. The book is laced with clinical examples and informed by classical psychoanalysis, object-relations and self... (more)
The Rhetorical Voice of Psychoanalysis: Displacement of Evidence by Theory
By challenging psychoanalytic traditions and diminishing the power of rhetoric, this text aims to show how psychoanalysis can remain a creative enterprise with a scientific base (more)
Crises and Special Problems in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
This text focuses on the special problems and situations which can affect the course of treatment of patients. These include: acting out, panic states, experiences of illness, pregnancy and abortion,... (more)
The Psychoanalysis of Sexual Functions of Women
This is the second work of Helene Deutsch's study into female psychology and sexuality. The first volume of her influential work, The Psychology of Women, appeared in 1944, to be followed by the... (more)
Psychoanalysis and Religion
119 pages. (more)