Describes the ways psychoanalytic ideas can be adapted and used in a variety of community settings, to help children who are emotionally disturbed or who have been physically or sexually abused. It... (more)
A forceful advocacy of a psychoanalysis that is social not individualistic in its view of human life, The Good Society and the Inner World surveys the implications of recent psychoanalytical work for... (more)
Presents the difficulties of post-socialist Eastern Europe as a symptom, in which the inherent contradictions of liberal democracy become visible. The author also explores how psychoanalytic theories... (more)
Examines theories of sexual difference from a Kleinian and a Lacanian perspective, and the application of these issues in the practice of treating sexual violence and child abuse. (more)
Uses Lacanian concepts to analyze the inner logic of Freud's thought, and provide a bridge between Lacanian concepts and traditional terminology. 165 pages. (more)
This collection of essays considers the interrelationship of psychoanalysis, philosophy, and cultural studies, and questions the future of a discipline which has emerged from the intimate experience... (more)
This book examines the interface between anthropology and psychoanalysis, considering its historical context and investigating the distinctive reactions of British, French and American anthropology... (more)
A lucid introduction to the clinical application of Lacanian psychoanalysis. The book starts with the place of desire in analytic technique, moves on to diagnosis and the position of the analyst, and... (more)
This volume explores the creative dialogue in which psychoanalysts since Freud have engaged the modern Northern European / North American culture of individualism. The focus is on the the ways in... (more)
David Schwarz uses psychoanalytic techniques to probe the visceral experiences of music listeners. Using classical, popular, and avant-garde music as texts, Schwarz addresses intriguing questions:... (more)
Looks at the on-going debate concerning the value of psychoanalysis for feminist theory and politics - specifically concerning the social and psychical meanings of 'race'. The author indicates how... (more)
This book traces a line of continuity in psychoanalysis back to Freud and his immediate followers, and describes the major transformations that followed, particularly in the works of Heinz Hartmann... (more)
A clearly written, informative, and stimulating contribution to the fields of art history and psychoanalysis. (more)
Delves into the posthumous disputes over Freud. With wit and erudition, Forrester tackles questions central to our psychoanalytic century's way of thinking and living. 320 pages. (more)
A study of the application of psychoanalysis to art, and vice versa. (more)
Dimensions of Psychoanalysis contains a selection of the Freud Memorial Lectures delivered by eminent British, French and American analysts at University College in the University of London. Together... (more)
A French analyst discusses the interface between psychoanalysis and psychology. A Skin for Thought takes the form of ten transcribed discussions between Didier Anzieu and Gilbert Tarrab, recorded in... (more)
Discusses the Real, Imaginary and Symbolic, the relation of the symbol and the machine, repetition, and Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Purloined Letter'.
Includes discussion of the problem of sublimation, the paradox of jouissance, and the essence of tragedy.
A study of the theory and politics of representation in narrative film. Questioning current accounts of cinema's pleasures for men and women, this text draws on the psychoanalytic theory of Freud and... (more)
Melanie Klein's contribution to psycho-analysis is centered on her exploration into the early stages of the mental development of the child, which she began while a pupil of Karl Abraham. Taking as... (more)
A comprehensive overview of psychoanalytic theories and their relationship to feminist thought. (more)
This study takes Freud's preoccupation with femininity and feminine fantasy as a starting point and goes on to explore his differentiation between masculine and feminine forms of fantasy through... (more)
An attempt to uncover childhood developmental patterns predicated on norms and practices profoundly different from those on which classical psychoanalytic theory is based.
A collection of papers detailing the basics and applications of Kernberg's psychoanalytic object-relations theory, illuminating a wide range of clinical issues, including: the treatment of borderline... (more)
A simple summary of major psychoanalytic concepts and ideas including the theory of neurosis. The development of Freud's theories - modified by his clinical experiences of success and failure - is... (more)
What is object-relations theory and what does it have to do with literary studies? How can Freud's phallocentric theories be applied by feminist critics? The book offers clear and straightforward... (more)
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)