Contemporary Psychoanalysis in America
Leading Analysts Present Their Work
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About this book
This book is a unique and superb gateway to current psychoanalytic thinking. Thirty of America's foremost psychoanalysts -- leaders in defining the current pluralistic state of the profession -- have each presented what they consider to be their most significant contribution to the field. No mere anthology, these are the key writings that underlie current discussions of psychoanalytic theory and technique.
The chapters cover contemporary ideas of intersubjectivity, object relations theory, self psychology, relational psychoanalysis, hermeneutics, clinical technique, changing concepts of unconscious, empirical research, infant observation, gender and sexuality, and more. While the differences in point of view are profound, there is also a striking coherence on some core issues. Each of the contributions features an introduction by the volume editor and a note by the author explaining the rationale for its selection. The brilliant introduction by Peter Fonagy provides an overview and places each author in the context of contemporary psychoanalysis.
A list of the authors may convey the astonishing breadth of this volume: Brenner, Bromberg, Busch, Chodorow, Cooper, Emde, Friedman, Gabbard, Goldberg, Greenberg, Grossman, Hoffman, Jacobs, Kantrowitz, Kernberg, Levenson, Luborsky, Michels, Ogden, Ornstein, Person, Pine, Renik, Schafer, Schwaber, Shapiro, Smith, Stern, Stolorow, Wallerstein
This is a "best of the best" volume -- cutting-edge writing, highly accessible and studded with vivid clinical illustrations. Anyone wishing to acquire a comprehensive, authoritative, readily accessible -- even entertaining -- guide to American psychoanalytic thinking will find their goal fulfilled in this monumental collection.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- TOC$Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Introduction: Walking Among Giants
- CH$1 Charles Brenner, M.D.
- CH$2 Philip M. Bromberg, Ph.D.
- CH$3 Fred Busch, Ph.D.
- CH$4 Nancy J. Chodorow, Ph.D.
- CH$5 Arnold M. Cooper, M.D.
- CH$6 Robert N. Emde, M.D.
- CH$7 Lawrence Friedman, M.D.
- CH$8 Glen O. Gabbard, M.D.
- CH$9 Arnold Goldberg, M.D.
- CH$10 Jay R. Greenberg, Ph.D.
- CH$11 William I. Grossman, M.D.
- CH$12 Irwin Z. Hoffman, Ph.D.
- CH$13 Theodore J. Jacobs, M.D.
- CH$14 Judy L. Kantrowitz, Ph.D.
- CH$15 Otto F. Kernberg, M.D.
- CH$16 Edgar A. Levenson, M.D.
- CH$17 Lester Luborsky, Ph.D.
- CH$18 Robert Michels, M.D.
- CH$19 Thomas H. Ogden, M.D.
- CH$20 Paul H. Ornstein, M.D.
- CH$21 Ethel Spector Person, M.D.
- CH$22 Fred Pine, Ph.D.
- CH$23 Owen Renik, M.D.
- CH$24 Roy Schafer, Ph.D.
- CH$25 Evelyne Albrecht Schwaber, M.D.
- CH$26 Theodore Shapiro, M.D.
- CH$27 Henry F. Smith, M.D.
- CH$28 Daniel N. Stern, M.D.
- CH$29 Robert D. Stolorow, Ph.D.
- CH$30 Robert S. Wallerstein, M.D.
- IDX$Index