The Future of Psychoanalysis
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The Future of Psychoanalysis

  1. 281 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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The Future of Psychoanalysis

About this book

Addresses the problem of multiple theories of psychoanalysis, arguing for a return to Freud.

The Future of Psychoanalysis explores the contemporary problem of multiple theories of psychoanalysis and argues for a return to a more classical position based on Freud's work. Using his training in psychiatry, psychoanalysis, and philosophy, Richard D. Chessick examines the special combination of hermeneutics and natural science that characterizes Freud's psychoanalysis, and investigates what goes on in the mind of the psychoanalyst during the psychoanalytic process. He maintains that while relativistic and intersubjective theories of psychoanalysis have value, they have gone too far and generated a plurality of theories removed from Freud, which has led to chaos in the field. The Future of Psychoanalysis challenges these trends and places this debate in the context of current mind/brain controversies and unresolved questions about human nature.

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Table of contents

  1. The Future of Psychoanalysis
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. 1. What is Psychoanalysis?
  6. 2. Psychoanalysis as Science and Art
  7. 3. The Psychoanalyst as Translator
  8. 4. The Continental Contribution to Psychoanalysis
  9. 5. The Secret Life of the Psychoanalyst
  10. 6. What Can Modern Psychoanalysts Learn from a Medieval“Psychoanalysis”?
  11. 7. Freud’s Great Discovery
  12. 8. The Effect on Countertransference of the Collapse of Civilization
  13. 9. The Contemporary Failure of Nerve and the Crisis of Psychoanalysis
  14. 10. Psychoanalysis at the End of the Third Millennium: A Fantasy
  15. 11. What Constitutes Progress in Psychoanalysis?
  16. 12. Understanding the Human Mind in the Contemporary World
  17. Notes
  18. References
  19. Index