Description
Book SynopsisA Melanie Klein and her followers caused a revolution in psychology; this is the first book to bring together and describe their pioneering work. A The book is a highly engaging read, combining lively biographical sketches with psychoanalytic theory and patient case studies.
Trade Review'This is an astonishing compilation of biographical and professional details about Melanie Klein and nine of her followers. Many are of such recent history that these are uniquely valuable accounts. They give a clear picture of a remarkable group of contemporary psychoanalysts whose influence since the Second World War has been gaining ground steadily within the international psychoanalytic movement and in other academic and professional disciplines. The group is remarkable, and this book is a remarkable celebration of them.'
Bob Hinshelwood, Professor of Psychoanalysis and author of Dictionary of Kleinian Thought
and Melanie Klein for Beginners
'This book is a celebration of people who have advanced our understanding of the factors that shape our everyday lives. There are many anecdotes about them here that are quite fascinating.' Australian Journal of Psychotherapy
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements.
Illustrations.
Introduction: Inside Out.
Chapter 1: Melanie Klein: Discovering Inner Reality.
Chapter 2: Susan Isaacs: Children's Phantasies.
Chapter 3: Joan Riveriere: Gendered Masquerades.
Chapter 4: Adrian Stokes: Ballet and Art.
Chapter 5: Herbert Rosenfeld: Schizophrenics and Gangsters.
Chapter 6: Wilfred Bion: Individual and Group Analysis.
Chapter 7: Esther Bick: Infant Observation.
Chapter 8: Frances Tustin: Anorexia and Autism.
Chapter 9: Hanna Segal: Symbolism and Psychosis.
Chapter 10: Ronald Britton: Exclusions and Elegies.
Conclusion: Further Integrations.
Notes.
Index.
