Concerning the nature of psychoanalysis : the persistence of a paradoxical discourse / Gregorio Kohon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kohon, Gregorio, 1943- author.

Series:

New library of psychoanalysis

The new library of psychoanalysis

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychoanalysis--Philosophy.

Psychoanalysis.

Psychoanalytic Theory.

Philosophy.

Medical Subjects:

Psychoanalytic Theory.

Philosophy.

Psychoanalysis.

Physical Description:

xvi, 140 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2019.

Summary:

"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 misguided attempts to simplify and/or reduce it to either art or science. Kohon disputes the contemporary use of parameters offered by evidence-based medicine as a research model to study psychoanalysis. Instead, the author proposes to reconsider the relevance of the psychoanalytic single case study, its importance and pre-eminence. The present book will be of great interest to all psychotherapists, councillors, psychiatrists, mental health workers and students and academics of the social sciences"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Psychoanalysis: a literature of excess p. 1

2 "Tony": from the analysis of a psychotic young man p. 12

3 "Barbara": a symbiotic identification with an omnipotent mother imago p. 37

4 Between the fear of madness and the need to be mad p. 53

5 The heroic achievement of sanity p. 66

6 The question of uncertainty p. 85

7 What is to be done? p. 107.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 114-127) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Kohon, Gregorio, 1943- Concerning the nature of psychoanalysis

ISBN:

9780367236502

0367236508

9780367236519

0367236516

OCLC:

1083139248