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Book Synopsis
The classic, in-depth history of psychoanalysis, presenting over a hundred years of thought and theories
Sigmund Freud's concepts have become a part of our psychological vocabulary: unconscious thoughts and feelings, conflict, the meaning of dreams, the sensuality of childhood. But psychoanalytic thinking has undergone an enormous expansion and transformation since Freud's death in 1939. With Freud and Beyond, Stephen A. Mitchell and Margaret J. Black make the full scope of twentieth century psychoanalytic thinking—from Harry Stack Sullivan to Jacques Lacan; D.W. Winnicott to Melanie Klein—available for the first time.
Richly illustrated with case examples, this lively, jargon-free introduction makes modern psychoanalytic thought accessible at last.
Trade ReviewLewis Aron, Ph.D., Director, New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy & Psychoanalysis "Whenever I have been asked to recommend a fundamental text for graduate students and young professionals, or even for those expressing an initial interest in psychotherapy, Stephen A. Mitchell and Margaret J. Black's Freud and Beyond has been my go to text. The new edition, including an excellent preface highlighting recent developments in the field, remains the best survey of the history and development of psychoanalysis and the essential guide to its many schools, approaches and innovations. Brilliantly explaining theory and elucidating clinical practice with elegant and compelling case illustrations, this comprehensive introduction remains the best place to start in understanding Freud and his legacy." Adam Phillips, author of Missing Out "Psychoanalysis is only valuable as uncommon common sense. Freud and Beyond is such an impressive and useful book because it makes psychoanalysis even more interesting by making it accessible."
Table of ContentsIntroduction to the 2016 Edition 1. Sigmund Freud and the Classical Psychoanalytic Tradition 2. Ego Psychology 3. Harry Stack Sullivan and Interpersonal Psychoanalysis 4. Melanie Kline and Contemporary Kleinian Theory 5. The British Object Relations School: W.R.D. Fairbairn and D.W. Winnicott 6. Psychologies of Identity and Self: Erik Erikson and Heinz Kohut 7. Contemporary Freudian Revisionists: Otto Kernberg, Roy Schafer, Hans Leowald, and Jaques Lacan 8. Controversies in Theory 9. Controversies in Technique
