A plea for a Jungian version of psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy, this book presents a much-needed theoretical model, and practical guidelines demonstrating how to handle psychological... (more)
From its very beginning, psychoanalysis sought to incorporate the aesthetic into its domain. Depite Joyce's deliberate attempt to resist this powerful hermeneutic, his work has been confronted by a... (more)
David Armstrong has been a leading figure internationally in the fields of organizational consultancy and group relations for many years. Robert French and Russ Vince have gathered together, for the... (more)
Examines current debates about modernity and postmodernity from the viewpoint of psychoanalytic theory. The story develops an account of postmodernity which supplants current understandings of... (more)
a many faceted exploration of the relationship of psychotherapy and spirituality. Introducing the term 'an everyday transcendence', Gargiulo studies the silent alone space of each individual and... (more)
This is the first systematic overview of Julia Kristeva's vision and work in relation to philosophical modernity. It provides a clear, comprehensive, and interdisciplinary analysis of her thought on... (more)
Carrying forward his inquiry into the nature and conditions of normal and abnormal development, the author focuses on motivation. The text offers an alternative to psychoanalytic drive theory that... (more)
With over one thousand entries, 'the Edinburgh International Encyclopaedia of Psychoanalysis' provides the best single-volume coverage of the field available. An international array of contributors... (more)
Moscovici's development of the theory of social representations has long been recognised as a major contribution to social psychology, but discussion of the theory has been limited by the... (more)
Key articles on Psychoanalysis, including 'On Dreams' and 'Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality'. (more)
Psychoanalysis has always grappled with its Jewish origins, sometimes celebrating them and sometimes trying to escape or deny them. Through exploration of Freud's Jewish identity, the fate of... (more)
Killing Freud takes the reader on a journey through the 20th century, tracing the work and influence of one of its greatest icons, Sigmund Freud. A devastating critique, Killing Freud ranges across... (more)
Psychoanalysis was once considered primarily a humanistic enterprise. The psychoanalyst was a philosopher and an artist, adept at deciphering the communications and intrapsychic behaviors of the... (more)
Engaging with the role of affect and emotion in political life through the central Lacanian notion of 'enjoyment', The Lacanian Left puts forward innovative anlyses of political power and authority,... (more)
This book is a unique and superb gateway to current psychoanalytic thinking. Thirty of America's foremost psychoanalysts - leaders in defining the current pluralistic state of the profession - have... (more)
This collection is the first extended interrogation in any language of Jacques Lacan's Seminar XVII. Originally delivered just after the Paris uprisings of May '68, Seminar XVII marked a turning... (more)
"Beyond the Mind-Body Dualism: Psychoanalysis and the Human Body" is the result of the proceedings of the The 6th Delphi International Psychoanalytical Symposium, held in Greece in October 2004. The... (more)
See catalogue number 26856 for the paperback edition. "The Future of Psychoanalysis" explores the contemporary problem of multiple theories of psychoanalysis and argues for a return to a more... (more)
Good Goodbyes highlights the crucial importance of how the end of therapy is structured and experienced. Bad endings can destroy good therapies. Good endings can consolidate the work accomplished,... (more)
The most recent scientific studies have brought a significant contribution to the understanding of basic mental functions such as memory, dreams, identification, repression, which constitute the... (more)
The present collection of essays, unique in its field, shows how key metaphors of Freudian and Kleinian psychoanalysis - splitting, projection, sublimation, identification, the schizoid and... (more)
"Psychoanalysis and the Image" brings together an influential team of international scholars who demonstrate innovative ways to apply psychoanalytical resources in the study of international modern... (more)
All the key ideas developed by psychoanalysis in Latin America are included in this book, as well as relevant historical events for psychoanalysis in each country. The authors of the chapters are... (more)
Issue 28, Summer 2003 Contents: Veroniek Knockaert, Gertrudis Van De Vijver and Filip Geerardyn: The intergenerational transmission of the holocaust trauma: Thelegacy of an impossible memory; Rob... (more)
Cormac Gallagher: Re-Englishing Encore; Pauline O'Callaghan: Courtly love to Courtney Love: Still no such thing as a sexual relationship?; Patricia McCarthy: A commentary on Lacan's hainamoration and... (more)
Calum Neill: An idiotic act: On the non-example of Antigone; Helena Texier: Antigone goes beyond-the-beyond: From the my lady of the ideal to the malady of the Ideal; Kazushige Shingu: Freud, Lacan... (more)
See catalogue number 27001 for the paperback edition. One of the guiding premises of "Becoming a Subject" is that philosophical investigation into the specifically human way of being in the world... (more)
Within the context of a careful review of the psychology of religion and prior non-Lacanian literature on the subject, Raul Moncayo builds a bridge between Lacanian psychoanalysis and Zen Buddhism... (more)
Many texts about anxiety are based either in the philosophical tradition or within the medical model under the guise of discussions about post-traumatic stress disorder. In the case of fantasy,... (more)