Rescuing psychoanalysis from Freud and other essays in re-vision / Peter L. Rudnytsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rudnytsky, Peter L., author.

Series:

History of psychoanalysis series.

History of psychoanalysis series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939.

Freud, Sigmund.

Psychoanalysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Edition:

1st

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2018.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In his latest groundbreaking book, Peter L. Rudnytsky examines the history of psychoanalysis from a resolutely independent perspective. At once spellbinding case histories and meticulously crafted gems of scholarship, Rudnytsky's essays are ""re-visions"" in that each sheds fresh light on its subject but they are also avowedly ""revisionist"" in their scepticism towards all forms of psychoanalytic orthodoxy. Beginning with a judicious reappraisal of Freud and ranging in scope from King Lear to contemporary neuroscience, Rudnytsky treats in depth the lives and work of Ferenczi, Jung, Stekel, Wi

Contents:

COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION An independent perspective on the history of psychoanalysis; CHAPTER ONE Inventing Freud; CHAPTER TWO "Infantile thoughts": reading Ferenczi's Clinical Diary as a commentary on Freud's relationship with Minna Bernays; CHAPTER THREE Rescuing psychoanalysis from Freud: the common project of Stekel, Jung, and Ferenczi; CHAPTER FOUR "I'm just being horrid": D. W. Winnicott and the strains of psychoanalysis; CHAPTER FIVE In praise of Nina Coltart

CHAPTER SIX Rethinking King Lear: from incestuous fantasy to primitive anxietiesCHAPTER SEVEN The bridge across Clifton Road: Emory University and the future of psychoanalytic studies; APPENDIX "Nitty-gritty issues": an interview with Eric R. Kandel; REFERENCES; INDEX

Notes:

Previously issued in print: London: Karnac, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9786613196293

9780429918544

0429918542

9780429904318

0429904312

9780429479540

0429479549

9781283196291

1283196298

9781849409186

1849409188

OCLC:

742333524