{"product_id":"the-contemporary-freudian-tradition-9780367483562","title":"The Contemporary Freudian Tradition","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first book dedicated to the Contemporary Freudian Tradition. In its introduction, and through its selection of papers, it describes the development and rich diversity of this tradition over recent decades, showing how theory and practice are inseparable in the psychoanalytic treatment of children, adolescents and adults.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is organized around four major concerns in the Contemporary Freudian Tradition:\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethe nature of the Unconscious and the ways that it manifests itself; the extension of Freud's theories of development through the work of Anna Freud and later theorists;\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethe body and psychosexuality, including the centrality of bodily experience as it is elaborated over time in the life of the individual; and aggression. It also illustrates how within the Tradition different exponents have been influenced by psychoanalytic thinking outside it, whether from the Kleinian and Independent Groups, or from French Freudian thinking. Throughout the\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is a remarkable collection of papers. Each one is worth spending time with individually, while the collection as a whole is an invaluable survey of the Contemporary Freudian tradition. Ken Robinson and Joan Schächter, prominent members of that tradition, have put together almost 20 papers, spanning some 40 years, which address themes such as the unconscious mind; psychic development; the body and psychosexuality; and aggression and destructiveness. Some are acknowledged classics; others may take the reader into new territory. Together they show the evolution over time of Contemporary Freudian thinking and reveal the richness and diversity of what is a central current in today’s psychoanalysis.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr Michael Parsons\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Fellow Training Analyst of the British Psychoanalytical Society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This collection of papers of the wide family of Contemporary Freudian Analysts will help all of us, including those in the UK, to keep Freudian Thinking in a lively and creative way. The collection exemplifies the enormous wealth of Contemporary Freudian thinking. Thanks to the efforts of the Editors Ken Robinson and Joan Schächter, this book should become obligatory reading for all analysts.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr Elisabeth Brainin\u003c\/strong\u003e, member and Training Analyst of the Viennese Psychoanalytic Society. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This is a remarkable collection of papers. Each one is worth spending time with individually, while the collection as a whole is an invaluable survey of the Contemporary Freudian tradition. Ken Robinson and Joan Schächter, prominent members of that tradition, have put together almost 20 papers, spanning some 40 years, which address themes such as the unconscious mind; psychic development; the body and psychosexuality; and aggression and destructiveness. Some are acknowledged classics; others may take the reader into new territory. Together they show the evolution over time of Contemporary Freudian thinking and reveal the richness and diversity of what is a central current in today’s psychoanalysis.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael Parsons\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eis a fellow training analyst of the British Psychoanalytical Society\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This collection of papers of the wide family of Contemporary Freudian Analysts will help all of us, including those in the UK, to keep Freudian Thinking in a lively and creative way. The collection exemplifies the enormous wealth of Contemporary Freudian thinking. Thanks to the efforts of the editors Ken Robinson and Joan Schächter, this book should become obligatory reading for all analysts.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr Elisabeth Brainin\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003emember and training analyst of the Viennese Psychoanalytic Society\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The book’s title embraces the tensions and possibilities of invoking a “contemporary tradition” - a coalescing of the new now and the enduring old. The editors boldly tell us that there is a danger that the papers associated with the Anna Freudian strain of the Contemporary Freudian tradition, which are its orthodoxy, will smother creativity. But, they maintain, the more recent papers that represent a vibrant, fresh perspective and engagement with current ideas coexist peacefully with the older ones. Taken together, they write, the blend of traditional and contemporary writings showcases the contribution of Contemporary Freudians to British psychoanalysis. This goal is unquestionably achieved by this fascinating volume, which conveys an exquisite complexity and depth of conceptualization of both development and psychoanalysis, and an up-to-date synthetic breadth, capturing the enduring and the contemporary in this generative group among our psychoanalytic family.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSharone Berger\u003c\/strong\u003e. To read this review in full please visit: Bergner, S. (2022) The Contemporary Freudian tradition: Past and present, Edited by Ken Robinson and Joan Schachter, Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon and New York, NY, 2021, $44.95 (paperback edition), ISBN: 978-0-367-48356-2 (pbk). International Journal of Psychoanalysis 103:922-927\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Ken Robinson and Joan Schächter:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Joseph Sandler and Anne-Marie Sandler: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhantasy and its Transformations: A Contemporary Freudian View. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Rosine Jozef Perelberg:\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnconscious Phantasy and Après-Coup: the Controversial Discussions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Angela Joyce:\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Vicissitudes of Preparing and Sustaining a Young Child in Analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Marion Burgner: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Oedipal Experience: Effects on Development of an Absent Father.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Ken Robinson: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOedipus at Play.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. M. Eglé Laufer: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFemale Masturbation in Adolescence and the Development of the Relationship to the Body.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Rose Edgcumbe:\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eModes of Communication— the Differentiation of Somatic and Verbal Expression. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Marina Perris-Myttas: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Soma and the Body: Navigating through the Countertransference.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. Dinora Pines: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePregnancy, Miscarriage and Abortion. A Psychoanalytic Perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. Mervin Glasser: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMasculinity, Femininity and Internalization in Male Homosexuals\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12. Donald Campbell: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDoubt in the Psychoanalysis of a Paedophile.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13. Marianne Parsons: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I’m like a shattered windscreen\": Struggles with Sadism and the Self.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14. Ronald Baker: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Patient’s Discovery of the Psychoanalyst as a New Object.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15. Sara Flanders: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Dream Space, the Analytic Situation and the Eating Disorder: Clinging to the Concrete.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16. Susan Loden: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Fate of the Dream in Contemporary Psychoanalysis \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17. Luis Rodríguez de le Sierra: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow come your house does not fall down?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e18. Joan Schächter: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeasure for Measure: Unconscious Communication in Dreams. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e19. Rosemary Davies: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRegression, Curiosity and the Discovery of the Object.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd (Sales)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51017921429847,"sku":"9780367483562","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780367483562.jpg?v=1750775088","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-contemporary-freudian-tradition-9780367483562","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}