184 pages.
Essays on war, the seduction theory, Margaret Thatcher, education, and a call for a radical re-reading of Melanie Klein's work.
This study combines close readings with theoretical concerns, in an examination of the many forms taken by the mythic of phantasmic mother in literary, psychoanalytical and artistic representations.... (more)
This volume brings together eminent U.S. analysts, looking at the theory and practice of psychoanalysis, comparing past and present. The contributors attempt to extend their analytical explorations... (more)
This text argues for the adoption of a theory of object relations, combining traditional psychoanalytic theory with contemporary views on attachment behaviour and intersubjectivity. Rogers provides a... (more)
How can the psychotherapist think about not knowing? Is psychoanalysis a contemplative practice? This book explores the possibility that there are resources in philosophy and theology which can help... (more)
Both Hegel's philosophy and psychoanalytic theory have profoundly influenced contemporary thought, but they are traditionally seen to work in separate rather than intersecting universes. This book... (more)
Throughout the twentieth century, psychoanalysis and feminism were the practico-intellectual fields most systematic and subversive in demonstrating that humanity is sexually fissured. More recently,... (more)
Contents: Antonio Quinet - Depression and melancholy; Pierre Bruno - Dora's aftermath; Tony Chadwick - Escroquerie? That'll give them something to chew on!; Andrew J. Lewis - Psychoanalysis and the... (more)
Contents: Sol Aparicio - On feminine bliss; Kate Briggs - The work of sublimation love: utilising absence; Tony Chadwick - Come again? Some observations on Bruce Fink's Translation of Seminar XX:... (more)
The whole book circles around issues of intimacy and privacy, versus the need to speak out, to define and organise the world through writing, analysis and politics - exploring the uncomfortable... (more)
Contents: Paul Verhaeghe - Psychoanalytic psychodiagnostics; Lewis, Davis, Paton, Rodriguez- The psychoanalytic treatment of psychoses; Barbara Bonneau - The eye (I) of the horse: A schizophrenic's... (more)
In Cruelty, Sexuality, and the Unconscious in Psychoanalysis, Touria Mignotte explores an innovative conception of cruelty. Integrating the life sciences and quantum physics, this approach shows that... (more)
For over thirty years, Lynne Layton has heeded the call for a social psychoanalysis and produced a body of work that examines unconscious process as it operates both in the social world and in the... (more)
As the original theory of psychotherapy, psychoanalysis is often presented as a starting point in psychology theory courses. Yet, many people’s understanding of psychoanalysis is limited to the... (more)
The first in-depth look at how postwar thinkers in Egypt mapped the intersections between Islamic discourses and psychoanalytic thought
In 1945, psychologist Yusuf Murad introduced an Arabic... (more)
Novel Relations engages twentieth-century post-Freudian British psychoanalysis in an unprecedented way: as literary theory. Placing the writing of figures like D. W. Winnicott, W. R. Bion, Michael... (more)
Using Lacanian psychoanalysis, as well as its pre-history and afterlives, In the Event of Laughter argues for a new framework for discussing laughter. Responding to a tradition of 'comedy studies'... (more)
In From Sign to Symbol: Transformational Processes in Psychoanalysis, Psychotherapy, and Psychology, Joseph Newirth describes the evolution of the unconscious from the psychoanalytic concept that... (more)
Is psychoanalysis too "White" and upper class to be relevant to social and racial justice? Are its ideas and practices too "alien" for people of color? Can it shed light on why systems of oppression... (more)
Couple and Family Psychoanalysis is an international journal sponsored by The Tavistock Institute of Medical Psychology, which aims to promote the theory and practice of working with couple and... (more)
CONTENTS
EDITORIAL
PERSONAL VIEW – Oedipus simplex: the British blind spot by Deborah Anna Luepnitz
ARTICLES
– The first Mrs Winnicott and the second Mrs Winnicott: does... (more)
CONTENTS
EDITORIAL
Attachment to Australia as it burns: a personal reflection by Jewel Jones
ARTICLES
– Thalassa, Confusion of Tongues, The Unwelcome Child and his Death Drive: Sandor... (more)