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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