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Book SynopsisA crisis in psychoanalysis has been developing since the 1970s, manifesting in a gradual but persistent loss of patients and young mental health providers in psychoanalytic training and therapy. In a peculiar way, the Freudian informative theory of psychoanalysis has been going through a parallel crisis of its own. There have been internal disagreements and differences among analysts about how to develop the theory and protect the profession of psychoanalysis. The internal disputes have resulted in chaotic theoretical plurality, which replaced classical informative theory. In spite of obvious and serious concerns about these crises, none of the solutions has been useful.Future Psychoanalysis: Toward a Psychology of the Human Subject focuses on the future of psychoanalysis considering its current critical condition. The informative theory of psychoanalysis has reached its limits, but its structural base offers a comprehensive theory, promising fruitful future psychoanalysis. It is a the
Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Chapter One The Informative Theory of Psychoanalysis. Chapter Two The Informative Theory and Theoretical Plurality. Chapter Three The Structural Base of the Informative Theory. Chapter Four Three Structural Conceptions of Psychoanalysis. Chapter Five Psychoanalysis: The End of One and the Beginning of Another. Chapter Six Future Psychoanalysis: Politics and Organization References About the Author
