Comparative integrative psychoanalysis : a relational perspective for the discipline's second century / Brent Willock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Willock, Brent.

Series:

Relational perspectives book series.

Relational perspectives book series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychoanalysis.

Psychoanalysis--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Taylor & Francis, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Finalist for the 2007 Goethe Award for Psychoanalytic Scholarship! This exceptionally practical and insightful new text explores the emerging field of comparative-integrative psychoanalysis. It provides an invaluable framework for approaching the currently fractious state of the psychoanalytic discipline, divided as it is into diverse schools of thought, presenting many conceptual challenges. Moving beyond the usual borders of psychoanalysis, Willock usefully draws on insights from neighboring disciplines to shed additional light on the core issue.Comparat

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I INNOVATION AND TRADITION IN THE EVOLUTION OF PSYCHOANALYTIC THOUGHT; 1 Revelations from a Triptych of Dreams; 2 Toward Integrative Understanding; 3 Mangy Mongrels or Marvelous Mutts?: The Question of Mixed Models; II THE COMPARATIVE-INTEGRATIVE POINT OF VIEW; 4 Implications for Psychoanalytic Theory (and Organizations); 5 Significance for Psychoanalytic Practice; 6 Significance for Psychoanalytic Education; 7 The Class Struggle; 8 The Comparative-Integrative Spirit; 9 Last Words; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-87150-0

1-281-12739-6

1-136-87151-9

9786611127398

0-203-83757-6

1-4200-6994-2

9780203837573

OCLC:

476080555