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The Routledge International Handbook of Psychoanalysis and Jewish Studies
The Routledge International Handbook of Psychoanalysis and Jewish Studies is an innovative, multidisciplinary volume covering the history, religion, culture, and politics of Jewish studies and... (more)
Queer Theory, Lacanian Psychoanalysis, Sexual Politics: From Norm to Desire
Queer Theory, Lacanian Psychoanalysis, Sexual Politics is a consideration of the relationship between LGBTQIA+ politics, Lacanian psychoanalytic theory, and queer theory.
The book argues,... (more)
Decolonization and Psychoanalysis: The Underside of Signification
Decolonization and Psychoanalysis challenges traditional psychoanalytic frameworks by revisiting Lacan’s conceptualization of the materiality of speech through a decolonial lens.
Ahmad Fuad... (more)
What is Psychoanalysis?
New Shapes of Reality (1968) examines the works and thoughts of A.N. Whitehead, a major philosopher of great originality whose work touches all our preoccupations – but who fell out of favour and... (more)
Psychoanalysis and Governance: Discourse and Decisions, Identities and Futures
Psychoanalysis and Governance makes a cogent argument for the use of psychoanalytic perspectives in the understanding of governance, the process of collective decision-making which maintains and... (more)
Psychoanalysis Through the Lens of Narcissism
This critical historical review of psychoanalytic theory and practice reflects on the place of psychoanalysis in contemporary Western culture in light of its preoccupation with the self and... (more)
Practicing Psychoanalysis in Israel: Seeing Through Blindness
Gabriela Mann's book explores the work of an Israeli psychoanalyst who encounters the trauma and tragedy of Israelis living in an environment saturated with existential anxieties and threats to their... (more)
The Sense and Non-Sense of Revolt: The Powers and Limits of Psychoanalysis
Freud and psychoanalysis taught us that rebellion is what guarantees our independence and our creative abilities. But in the contemporary "entertainment" culture, is rebellion still a viable option?... (more)
Intimate Revolt: The Powers and Limits of Psychoanalysis
Julia Kristeva, herself a product of the famous May 1968 Paris student uprising, has long been fascinated by the concepts of rebellion and revolution. But is it still possible to build and nurture a... (more)
Greek Folktales and Psychoanalysis: A Dialogue
Greek Folktales and Psychoanalysis presents a dialogue between psychoanalysis and folktales from the Greek oral tradition, many of which have never before been published in English.
Each... (more)
Passion, Shame, and the Freedom to Become: Seizing The Vital Moment in Psychoanalysis
This book examines how humans can overcome feelings of shame through self-acceptance and regain their innate passion and freedom to grow.
Peter Shabad examines in detail how self-shaming and... (more)
Artists, Writers and Philosophers on Psychoanalysis: From the Couch
Artists, Writers and Philosophers on Psychoanalysis presents eclectic interviews with leading figures in their fields, focusing on the impact psychoanalysis has had on their lives and work, and the... (more)
Bion's Transformations Revisited and Expanded: Essays on the Complexity of Psychoanalysis
In this illuminating volume, Arnaldo Chuster provides a thorough critique of Wilfred Bion's seminal 1965 work, Transformations.
Offering a rich and nuanced opportunity to enhance one's... (more)
The Origin of the Subject in Psychoanalysis: Rethinking the Foundations of Lacanian Theory and Clinic
This highly original work uses the Big Bang theory as a conceptual tool to address the question of the origin of the subject in psychoanalysis.
The Origin of the Subject in Psychoanalysis... (more)
Psychoanalysis with Adolescents and Children: Learning to Surf
In Psychoanalysis with Adolescents and Children: Learning to Surf, Mary Brady expertly guides the reader through the challenging and vital process of working with young analysands.
Brady... (more)
Iranian Cinema with Psychoanalysis: The Interpreter of Desires
Combining Lacanian psychoanalytic theory, Iranian Shi‘ite thought, and Islamicate sexualities, Iranian Cinema with Psychoanalysis: The Interpreter of Desires provides a groundbreaking analysis of the... (more)
Post-patriarchal, Post-heteronormative and Postcolonial Psychoanalysis: Psychoanalysis for All
Post-patriarchal, Post-heteronormative and Postcolonial Psychoanalysis considers contemporary efforts to create a post-patriarchal, post-heteronormative and postcolonial psychoanalytic approach to... (more)
Attachment: New Directions in Psychotherapy and Relational Psychoanalysis - Vol.18 No.2
Attachment: New Directions in Psychotherapy and Relational Psychoanalysis is a leading edge journal for clinicians working relationally with their clients. It is published in conjunction with The... (more)
Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in China: Volume 7 Number 1 & 2
This peer-reviewed journal proposes to explore the introduction of psychoanalysis, psychoanalytic therapy, and the wider application of psychoanalytic ideas into China. It aims to have articles... (more)
Expanding Psychoanalysis: The Contributions of Susie Orbach
Expanding Psychoanalysis explores the work of the acclaimed psychoanalyst, writer, and activist Susie Orbach.
The book studies Orbach’s multifaceted career in five sections, examining her... (more)
Genius After Psychoanalysis: Freud and Lacan
Develops a new psychoanalytic theory of genius, a concept that is often invoked and pervasive in popular culture but which is rarely scrutinized in depth.
In the absence of this scrutiny, genius... (more)
Forensic Psychoanalysis: From Sub-Clinical Psychopaths to Serial Killers
Forensic Psychoanalysis examines the traumatic psychological origins of violence and explores the ways in which such disasters can be prevented and treated.
The book encapsulates Professor Brett... (more)
The Queerness of Psychoanalysis: From Freud and Lacan to Laplanche and Beyond
The Queerness of Psychoanalysis is an exploration of psychoanalysis’ often complicated and fraught history with thinking about queerness, as well as its multifaceted heritage.
Throughout the... (more)
Ornette Coleman, Psychoanalysis, Discourse: Movements in Harmolodic Space
Ornette Coleman, Psychoanalysis, Discourse develops tools from psychoanalysis for the analysis of Ornette Coleman's discourse.
In this psychoanalytic, philosophical and musical meditation on... (more)
Why Read Ogden?: The Importance of Thomas Ogden's Work for Contemporary Psychoanalysis
Why Read Ogden? explores the importance of Thomas Ogden's work to contemporary psychoanalysis, both as an interpreter of classic psychoanalytic thinkers and as a new and original theorist and... (more)
The Subversive Edge of Psychoanalysis
The Subversive Edge of Psychoanalysis examines the radical and non-conformist perspectives of both classical and contemporary psychoanalysis.
The papers included in this book span the course of... (more)
How Philosophy Changed Psychoanalysis: From Naive Realism to Postmodernism
Through this book, philosopher and psychoanalyst Aner Govrin demonstrates how psychoanalysis' engagement with philosophy formed a crucial factor in the evolution of new psychoanalytic theories in... (more)
Psychoanalysis and Severe Disorders in Young Children: Clinical and Community Work with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Child Mental Health
Psychoanalysis and Severe Disorders in Young Children presents case material and resources for professionals working with young children in the clinic and in the community.
Presented in two main... (more)
Contemporary Perspectives on Freud's Seduction Theory and Psychoanalysis: Revisiting Masson’s ‘The Assault on Truth’
This edited collection brings together the perspectives of a broad spectrum of experts who reflect on Freud’s Seduction Theory, psychoanalysis, and the reality of child abuse through the work of... (more)
Anti-Semitism at the Limit: Critical Theory and Psychoanalysis
In this book, Benjamin Strosberg explores difficulties and anxieties inherent in studying, defining, and defending against anti-Semitism by tracing a concurrent difficulty in thinking about... (more)