Description
Book SynopsisThe main aims of this book are to introduce the distinctive clinical paradigms of Melanie Klein and Donald Winnicott, to compare and contrast the way in which their theories evolved, and to present a dialogue between Hinshelwood and Abram on the concepts of their respective chapters. The book is presented in five parts, each with two chapters by Hinshelwood and Abram on five chosen topics: Basic Principles, Early psychic development, The role of the external object, The psychoanalytical concept of psychic pain, and Practice and Theory. After the pair of chapters in each part, a summary of the main points is presented followed by a dialogue between Abram and Hinshelwood about each other's chapter. The readership intended is both those coming new to psychoanalytic ideas, who will gain an introduction to both these schools of British Object Relations psychoanalysis, and also those experienced psychoanalysts who wish to develop an understanding of how the conceptualisations of these two schools might be compared and contrasted.
Trade Review"This is an important and innovative book for all modern psychoanalysts; lucidly written, it compares and contrasts the work of Melanie Klein and Donald Winnicott with a lively dialogue between Abram and Hinshelwood. This throws new light on the work of both these major psychoanalytical figures, deepening our understanding of them and the interaction between them. The authors highlight the very contrasting ways in which Klein and Winnicott developed theoretically moving on from Freud in studying early development. This was despite Klein’s great influence on Winnicott. A future classic I found it hard to put down."-Nick Temple, Training Analyst and former President of the British Psychoanalytical Society; Former CEO, Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust
"This book is really exceptional due to the highly original formula of a dialogue between two renowned scholars on Klein and Winnicott. Each voice speaks out of conviction and identity with their respective author and there is something very truthful in the exchange, due to the personal and direct style of the dialogue that retains a scientific approach. Following each dialogue the reader is captured time and again and challenged to reconsider previous understandings. The published discussions have much the same effect as the direct dialogue had during the Warsaw conference, when people were most impressed to see that it was possible to have a true scientific and clinical exchange on such radically different psychoanalytic schools of thought. The book will certainly contribute to the culture of ‘hot’ psychoanalytic discussions."-Anna Czownicka, Ph.D., Training Analyst and former President of the Polish Psychoanalytical Society
Table of ContentsPreface
Notes on Authors
Biographical Notes and Chronologies
Melanie Klein (1882 – 1960)
Donald Winnicott (1896 – 1971)
INTRODUCTION
PART ONE – BASIC PRINCIPLES
Chapter One – Melanie Klein – Bob Hinshelwood
Chapter Two – Donald Winnicott – Jan Abram
SUMMARY
DIALOGUE
PART TWO – EARLY PSYCHIC DEVELOPMENT
Chapter Three – The Kleinian baby – Bob Hinshelwood
Chapter Four – The Winnicottian babies – Jan Abram
SUMMARY
DIALOGUE
PART THREE – THE ROLE OF THE EXTERNAL OBJECT
Chapter Five – Anxiety and phantasy – Bob Hinshelwood
Chapter Six – The environment-individual set up – Jan Abram
SUMMARY
DIALOGUE
PART FOUR – THE PSYCHOANALYTIC CONCEPT OF PSYCHIC PAIN
Chapter Seven – Melanie Klein and internal anxiety – Bob Hinshelwood
Chapter Eight – Donald Winnicott’s view of aggression – Jan Abram
SUMMARY
DIALOGUE
PART FIVE – PRACTICE AND THEORY
Chapter Nine – Whose Reality? Whose Experience? - Bob Hinshelwood
Chapter Ten – Holding and the Mutative Interpretation - Jan Abram
SUMMARY
DIALOGUE
APPENDIX – Myths and misperceptions
GLOSSARY
FURTHER READING
AFTERWORD
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