Over the course of three decades, in works spanning questions of
theory, technique, and clinical practice, Charles Brenner has
emerged as one of the preeminent analysts of his generation, a
thinker whose probing estimation of mental conflict has promoted
the evolutionary growth of analysis as theory even as it has
clarified the clinical import of analysis as therapy. In
Psychoanalysis: The Science of Mental Conflict, distinguished
theorists and clinicians pay homage to Brenner by presenting
original essays that converge in their estimation of analysis as
"the science of mental conflict."
In sections that encompass "The Theory of Psychoanalysis," "The
Concepts of Psychoanalysis," "The Technique of Psychoanalysis,"
"The Clinical Practice of Psychoanalysis," "The Teaching of
Psychoanalysis," and "The Application of Psychanalysis," the
contributors show how the perspective of conflict - broadened and
refined by the clinical findings of recent decades - offers a
vehicle for creative theory-building and, as such, a conceptual
handle for apprising the indications for, and action of,
psychoanalytic therapy. Arnold Richards' comprehensive overview of
Brenner's ranging contributions to theory and practice, along with
Martin Willick's critical introductions to the various sections of
the book, round out a collections whose scope is complimented by
its unusual coherence and thematic unity.
Taken together, the essays comprising this book present readers
with a cogent summary of current psychoanalytic thinking, along
with an exciting preview of where it is heading in the future. As
such, this volume will be welcomed not only by analysts, but by all
mental health professionals who draw on, and learn from, the
psychoanalytic assessment of conflict in mental life. It is a work
that follows Brenner's own example in promoting the critical
understanding of a generation of theorists, clinicians, and
educators.
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