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Cruelty, Sexuality, and the Unconscious in Psychoanalysis: Freud, Lacan, Winnicott, and the Body of the Void

by Touria Mignotte

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)

Attachment: New Directions in Psychotherapy and Relational Psychoanalysis - Vol.13 No.2

Edited by Orit Badouk Epstein

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL - by Orit Badouk Epstein

ARTICLES

– Historical section edited by Brett Kahr

Bowlby 1939: “Hysteria in children” and the birth of attachment theory

A neglected... (more)

A People's History of Psychoanalysis: From Freud to Liberation Psychology

by Daniel Jose Gaztambide

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)

Novel Relations: Victorian Fiction and British Psychoanalysis

by Alicia Mireles Christoff

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)

Freud's Early Psychoanalysis, Witch Trials and the Inquisitorial Method: The Harsh Therapy

by Kathleen Duffy

In Freud's Early Psychoanalysis, Witch Trials and the Inquisitorial Method: The Harsh Therapy, Kathleen Duffy asks why Freud compared his 'hysterical' patients to the accused women in the witch... (more)

Eros Crucified: Death, Desire, and the Divine in Psychoanalysis and Philosophy of Religion

by Matthew Clemente

Weaving together psychoanalytical, philosophical, and theological thought from art and literature, this work provides a fresh perspective on how humans can make sense of suffering and finitude and... (more)

Innovations in Psychoanalysis: Originality, Development, Progress

Edited by Aner Govrin, Jon Mills

From its very inception, psychoanalysis has been a discipline encompassing two contradictory tendencies. This dualistic tendency - tradition alongside disenchantment and the will to improve knowledge... (more)

Psychoanalysis, Neuroscience and the Stories of Our Lives: The Relational Roots of Mental Health

by Sarah Sutton

Psychoanalysis, Neuroscience and the Stories of Our Lives: The Relational Roots of Mental Health offers a new understanding of identity and mental health, shining the light of twenty-first century... (more)

Psychoanalysis, History, and Radical Ethics: Learning to Hear

by Donna M. Orange

Psychoanalysis, History, and Radical Ethics: Learning to Hear explores the importance of listening, being able to speak, and those who are silenced, from a psychoanalytic perspective. In particular,... (more)

Groundwork for a Transpersonal Psychoanalysis: Spirituality, Relationship, and Participation

by Robin S. Brown

This book explores how a deeper engagement with the theme of spirituality can challenge and stimulate contemporary psychoanalytic discourse. Bringing relational psychoanalysis into conversation with... (more)

Fashion and Psychoanalysis: Styling the Self

by Alison Bancroft

In this innovative new book, Alison Bancroft re-examines significant moments in twentieth century fashion history through the focal lens of psychoanalytic theory. Her discussion centres on studies of... (more)

Psychoanalysis, Intersubjective Writing, and a Postmaterialist Model of Mind: I Woke Up Dead

by Dan Gilhooley, Frank Toich

In this in-depth and unique collaboration between a patient and his psychoanalyst, Psychoanalysis, Intersubjective Writing, and a Postmaterialist Model of Mind: I Woke Up Dead examines the... (more)

From Sign to Symbol: Transformational Processes in Psychoanalysis, Psychotherapy, and Psychology

by Joseph Newirth

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)

Couple and Family Psychoanalysis: Volume 9 Number 2

Edited by Molly Ludlam

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)

Psychoanalysis with Wilfred R. Bion: Contemporary Approaches, Actuality and The Future of Psychoanalytic Practice

by Francois Levy

Psychoanalysis with Wilfred R. Bion is the product of Francois Levy's efforts over a period of twenty years to represent clearly the classical elements and the innovatory propositions of the thought... (more)

Psychoanalysis and Deconstruction: Freud's Psychic Apparatus

by Jared Russell

Psychoanalysis and Deconstruction: Freud's Psychic Apparatus demonstrates the relevance of deconstructive thinking for the clinical practice of psychoanalysis. Arguing that deconstruction has been... (more)

Psychoanalysis and Other Matters: Where Are We Now?

Edited by Judith Edwards

Can we 'stand inside' new thoughts, rather than outside, looking at a closed box? This innovative and interdisciplinary collection aims to answer this question by broadening the way we look at and... (more)

Psychoanalytic Concepts and Technique in Development: Psychoanalysis, Neuroscience and Physics

by Florence Guignard

Psychoanalytic Concepts and Technique in Development offers a clear and thorough overview of contemporary psychoanalytic theory and clinical technique, from a largely post-Freudian, French... (more)

Relational Psychoanalysis and Temporality: Time Out of Mind

by Neil J. Skolnick

In Relational Psychoanalysis and Temporality, Neil J. Skolnick takes us on a journey that traces his personal evolution from a graduate student through to his career as a relational psychoanalyst.... (more)

The Use of the Object in Psychoanalysis: An Object Relations Perspective on the Other

by David E. Scharff

Using Winnicott's classic paper as its starting point, this fascinating collection explores a range of clinical and theoretical psychoanalytic perspectives around relating to `the object'.

Each... (more)

What Happens When the Analyst Dies: Unexpected Terminations in Psychoanalysis

Edited by Claudia Heilbrunn

What Happens When the Analyst Dies explores the stories of patients who have experienced the death of their analyst. The book prioritizes the voices of patients, letting them articulate for... (more)

Discovering Françoise Dolto: Psychoanalysis, Identity and Child Development

by Kathleen Saint-Onge

This psychobiographical study of the renowned French pediatrician and psychoanalyst Françoise Dolto introduces both her theories of child development and her unique insights into language and... (more)

Femininity and Psychoanalysis: Cinema, Culture, Theory

by Agnieszka Piotrowska

For Freud, famously, the feminine was a dark continent, or a riddle without an answer. This understanding concerns man’s relationship to the question of ‘woman’ but femininity is also a matter of... (more)

Attachment: New Directions in Psychotherapy and Relational Psychoanalysis - Vol.13 No.1

Edited by Orit Badouk Epstein

CONTENTS

EDITORIAL – Betrayal trauma: how do we hear it, how do we heal it? by Sue Richardson

ARTICLES

– Developmental trauma and unresolved loss in the Adult Attachment Interview by... (more)

Permanent Disquiet: Psychoanalysis and the Transitional Subject

by Michel De M'Uzan

Permanent Disquiet: Psychoanalysis and the Transitional Subject comprises the first English language translation of some of Michel Emile de M'Uzan's key writings, alongside an invaluable glossary by... (more)

Interpretation in Couple and Family Psychoanalysis: Cross-Cultural Perspectives

Edited by Timothy Keogh, Elizabeth Palacios

This collection of contemporary clinically-oriented papers covers a range of theoretical approaches to the fundamentally important technical issue of interpretation. It offers thought-provoking,... (more)

Concerning the Nature of Psychoanalysis: The Persistence of a Paradoxical Discourse

by Gregorio Kohon

In his new book, Considering the Nature of Psychoanalysis: The Persistence of a Paradoxical Discourse, Gregorio Kohon describes the complexity of the psychoanalytic encounter, questioning the... (more)

Psychoanalysis of the Psychoses: Current Developments in Theory and Practice

Edited by Riccardo Lombardi, Luigi Rinaldi

Psychoanalysis of the Psychoses brings together a distinguished international set of contributors, offering a range of views and approaches, to explore the latest thinking in the psychoanalytic... (more)

Psychoanalysis, Law, and Society

by Plinio Montagna

Psychoanalysis, Law, and Society explores the connections between psychoanalysis and law, arguing that these are required not only for conceptual or theoretical needs in both fields, but also for the... (more)

From Psychoanalytic Bisexuality to Bisexual Psychoanalysis: Desiring in the Real

by Esther Rapoport

This is the first book to assess bisexuality through a range of psychoanalytic and critical perspectives, highlighting both the issues faced by bisexual people in contemporary society and the... (more)