{"product_id":"metapsychology-for-contemporary-psychoanalysis-9781138242227","title":"Metapsychology for Contemporary Psychoanalysis","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMetapsychology for Contemporary Psychoanalysis\u003c\/em\u003e is a complete revision of the theoretical underpinnings of psychoanalysis and psychodynamic psychotherapy. It seeks to replace the traditional \u003ci\u003edrivedefence \u003c\/i\u003emodel of Freudian tradition with an \u003ci\u003einformation processing \u003c\/i\u003emodel of the mind. This book argues that the central human need is for \u003ci\u003eself-knowledge\u003c\/i\u003e, and that drives are best understood as means towards this end.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Sembera begins with a close reading of Freud's own metapsychological writings, isolating the many unresolved difficulties and inconsistencies which continue to burden psychoanalytical theory today. By returning to the actual observable clinical phenomena in the analytic situation, it is shown that an alternative interpretation is possible that eliminates the theoretical difficulties in question. In the analytic situation, Sembera argues that clinicians do not in fact see individuals struggling against the expression of biological drive\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Richard Sembera tackles the rarely discussed question of how psychoanalysis can be explained from a theoretical vantage point. In this work, he replaces Freud’s meta-psychology based upon energic concepts and drive theory, with a model of explanation arising from information processing theory and developmental processes. Using cogent reasoning and clear, understandable language, Sembera offers psychoanalysts a new theoretical approach to their work, which will hopefully lead to questions about how to conceptualize psychoanalysis in the future. This is an excellent book for psychoanalysts, be they scholars or clinicians.\"-\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSteven Rosenbloom\u003c\/strong\u003e, Training and Supervising Analyst, Canadian Institute of Psychoanalysis and Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology \u0026amp; Psychiatry, McGill University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e§ 1. What is Metapsychology?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e§ 2. Theories and Fantasies\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e§ 3. The Practical Uses of Metapsychology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e§ 4. A Description of the Analytic Situation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e§ 5. What are Resistance and Defence?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e§ 6. The Function of the Core Mental Process\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e§ 7. The Place of the Unconscious\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e§ 8. The Revised Structural Model\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e§ 9. Primary and Secondary Experience\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e§ 10. The Work of Objectification\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e§ 11. The Work of Imagination\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e§ 12. The Work of Symbolization\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e§ 13. The Dialectical Structure of the Self\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e§ 14. Where Do We Think?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e§ 15. Repetition and Trauma\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e§ 16. The Motor of the Mind\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e§ 17. From Metapsychology to Metaphysics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e§ 18. Where Do We Live?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577814225239,"sku":"9781138242227","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138242227.jpg?v=1746096790","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/metapsychology-for-contemporary-psychoanalysis-9781138242227","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}