With Sigmund Freud flummoxed on the question of what women want, any encounter between psychoanalysis and feminism would seem to promise a standoff. However, Mari Jo Buhle argues that the... (more)
Embattled and belittled, demonized and deemed passé, this text argues that feminism in the late 1990s seems becalmed, but without being calm. It is as true in literary criticism as elsewhere in the... (more)
This work draws together some of Fordham's key writings on psychoanalysis and analytical psychology, including a major new work on the recorded cases of Freud, Jung and Klein, discussing them in the... (more)
Psychology is the dogma of our age, psychotherapy is our means of self-understanding, and "repressed memory" is now a universally familiar form of trauma. The author explores the degree to which we... (more)
In this text the authors discuss the existence of an interpersonal and transpersonal unconscious - a relational space, which is unrepressed and capable of creativity in making relationships. They... (more)
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What 'shape' is the mind? How can we draw a 'diagram' of the soul?
Some of Freud's earliest writings contain sketches or models which supposedly illustrate the nature and function of mental... (more)
The formation of the Division of Psychoanalysis in 1979 had as a major goal a rapprochement between psychoanalysis and psychology. This volume records the history of the Division and the seminal... (more)
A theoretical book, seasoned with clinical anecdotes to make the theory come alive, the author questions the construction of certain categories of identity and reference: 'woman', 'feminine',... (more)
Focusing on the racial dynamics of feminist interpretation, the essays in this collection question such issues as the primacy of sexual difference, the universal nature of psychoanalytic categories,... (more)
In this intellectual memoir, Gedo paints a portrait of American psychoanalysis, its popular peak and its failure to face the complexity of its task, and its consequent retreat into schismatic... (more)
The book firstly reviews the historical role of theory in psychoanalysis, and explores the factors separating cognitive science from psychoanalysis today. Building on this, the author presents a... (more)
Arnold Goldberg uses the questions posed by self psychology as point of entry to a thoughtful consideration of issues with which every clinician wrestles: the scientific status analysis, the... (more)
Is psychoanalysis a "Jewish science"? Ten essays contributed by the editor and distinguished scholars explore the Jewishness of psychoanalysis, its origins in the Jewish situation of late nineteenth... (more)
This book questions whether 'autonomy' is a pivotal psychotherapeutic value. Basing his discussion upon the key Kleinian concept of 'projective identification', the author argues that 'integration'... (more)
These essays consider the importance of the metaphor of haunting as it has appeared in literature, culture and philosophy. Haunting is considered as both a literal and figurative term that... (more)
This collection of essays studies the seemingly permanent racial undercurrents of society, focusing on unconscious fantasies and identities. The essays engage with postcolonial, political and... (more)
In this text on psychoanalysis, hermeneutics and social constructivism, Donnel Stern explores the relationship between two fundamental kinds of experiences: explicit verbal reflection and... (more)
A companion volume to It is a New Kind of Diaspora. Taking up where that book leaves off, it traces some of the consequences of the emigration of German and Austrian psychoanalysts to London,... (more)
In this, the sixth volume in the highly successful monograph series produced under the auspices of the European Federation for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in the Public Health Services (EFPP), the... (more)
This is an analysis of Freud's major writings on religion and culture. The author analyses the texts and uses theories derived from contemporary French theorists Jacques Lacan and Julia Kristeva, in... (more)
Psychoanalysis has profound relevance for our troubled time. The author steers a course between Freud's followers and dissenters and shows both the strengths and weaknesses of modern psychoanalysis.... (more)
This work offers a general theory of symbolism, derived from Freud's psychoanalytic theory and relocated within mainstream scientific psychology. It presents a development of Freud's treatment of... (more)
A comprehensive overview of Joseph Sandler's contribution to the development of psychoanalysis. This book traces the development of the main themes and achievements of Sandler's work, in particular... (more)
This work gives recognition to the central place of negotiation in the analytic relationship and therapeutic process, and in psychoanalytic development and clinical theory. It examines how analyst... (more)
This text collects together the author's essays on psychoanalytic concepts. Psychoanalytic theory has had an ambivalent relationship with sociology, and these essays explore that ambivalence,... (more)
A collection of papers by authors within the recent psychoanalytical trend towards models of mind and development grounded in object relations concepts. Introductions place each paper in its... (more)