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'The Winnicott Clinic of Psychotherapy was founded in 1969 and
since 2000 has concentrated on the wider dissemination of the work
and ideas of Dr Donald W. Winnicott (1896-1971), the distinguished
English paediatrician, child psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. "To
that end, it has established the Winnicott Clinic Senior Research
Fellowship in Psychotherapy and the Donald Winnicott Memorial
Lecture, an annual event designed for a wide audience of
professionals and others involved with children. These lectures
focus upon a specific topic, arising from Winnicott's life and
ideas, in terms of relevance for twenty-first century living." --
Eric Koops, LVO, Chairman of the Trustees, The Winnicott Clinic of
PsychotherapyThe third book in the Winnicott Clinic Lecture Series
consists of a lecture given by the eminent Professor Andre Green,
on Winnicott's theory on play. He discusses Winnicott's view on the
importance of play, as discussed mainly in Playing and Reality, and
then moves on to presenting his own, somewhat contradictory, view
on it. He moves away from the mother-baby relationship as the basis
for playing and allows the external world to interfere. As usual,
Professor Green's writing is innovative and provocative, inviting
people to think for themselves rather than accepting theories
already laid out for them. Foreword by Eric KoopsIntroduction by
Brett Kahr
In Love and its Vicissitudes Andre Green and Gregorio Kohon draw on
their extensive clinical experience to produce an insightful
contribution to the psychoanalytic understanding of love. In Part
I, 'To Love or Not to Love - Eros and Eris', Andre Green addresses
some important questions: What is essential to love in life? What,
in the psychoanalytic method, is related to it? Should we
understand love by referring to its earliest and most primitive
roots? Or should we take as our starting point the experience of
the adult? He argues that while science has made no contribution to
our understanding of love, art, literature and especially poetry
are the best introduction to it. In Part II, Love in the Time of
Madness, Gregorio Kohon provides a detailed clinical study of an
individual suffering a psychotic breakdown. He describes how the
exclusive as well as the intense lasting dependence to a primary
carer create the conditions for a "normal madness" to develop. This
is not only at the source of later psychotic states and the
perversions but also at the origin of all forms of love, as
demonstrated in its re-appearance in the situation of transference.
Love and its Vicissitudes moves beyond conventional psychoanalytic
discourse to provide a stimulating and revealing reflection on the
place of love in psychoanalytic theory and practice.
Andre Green attempts the complex task of identifying and examining
the key ideas for a contemporary psychoanalytic practice. This
undertaking is motivated both by the need for an outline of the
evolution of psychoanalysis since Freud's death, and by the hope of
tackling the fragmentation which has led to the current 'crisis of
psychoanalysis'. In three sections covering the theoretical and
practical aspects of psychoanalysis, and analysing the current
state of the field, Andre Green provides a stimulating overview of
the principal concepts that have guided his work. Subjects covered
include: Transference and countertransference Psychoanalysis and
Psychotherapy: modalities and results Language-speech-discourse in
psychoanalysis Recognition of the unconscious This unique
contemporary perspective on the psychoanalytic enterprise will
fascinate all those with an interest in the problems that face the
field and the opportunities for its future development.
The author, a leading figure in contemporary psychoanalytic theory,
deplores the absence of sexuality and the erotic from current
psychoanalytic theory and practice. Instead, he demonstrates how
human sexuality forms an 'erotic chain'. The work of analysis, he
argues, consists in following the dynamic movements of the erotic
process, by ascertainin
Illusions and Disillusions of Psychoanalytic Work recounts and
explores the disappointing and sometimes tragic evolutions of the
treatments of certain patients who are resistant to the effects of
analytic work. In this book the author reports cases taken from his
own experience and that of his collaborators. The author points out
moreover, that such cases have never been absent from the series of
analysands that he has treated, from the early days of his practice
up until today, without minimizing his counter-transference
reactions or their possible impact on these disappointing
evolutions.
The third book in the Winnicott Clinic Lecture Series contains a
lecture from the author on Winnicott's theory on play. He discusses
Winnicott's view on the importance of play and then moves on to
presenting his own, somewhat contradictory, view on it. The author
provides an innovative and provocative perspective on the subject,
inviting people to think independently rather than accepting
theories already laid out for them.
Some sixty years after the "Controversial Discussions" in the early
40s, this passionate book resurrects their spirit on a global
scale. Under the aurthor's generous, tactful yet strong leadership,
a small discussion group of noteworthy analysts of the
International Psychoanalytical Association, coming from all the
theoretical and geographical regions in today's psychoanalytic
Babel, met several times over three years in order to deal, by way
of the detailed discussion of their clinical experiences, with what
to many of those involved was and still is a polemical concept:
that of the borderline patient. Such a concept, widely accepted in
the United States, remains controversial in many parts of the
psychoanalytic universe, mainly in what concerns the multifaceted
relationship between psychoanalytic and psychiatric categories. To
be remarked upon is the sincerity put to play by the participants
in expressing their doubts, their agreements and their
disagreements in the heady process of developing a grasp on the
others' viewpoint.
In Love and its Vicissitudes Andre Green and Gregorio Kohon draw on
their extensive clinical experience to produce an insightful
contribution to the psychoanalytic understanding of love. In Part
I, 'To Love or Not to Love - Eros and Eris', Andre Green addresses
some important questions: What is essential to love in life? What,
in the psychoanalytic method, is related to it? Should we
understand love by referring to its earliest and most primitive
roots? Or should we take as our starting point the experience of
the adult? He argues that while science has made no contribution to
our understanding of love, art, literature and especially poetry
are the best introduction to it. In Part II, Love in the Time of
Madness, Gregorio Kohon provides a detailed clinical study of an
individual suffering a psychotic breakdown. He describes how the
exclusive as well as the intense lasting dependence to a primary
carer create the conditions for a "normal madness" to develop. This
is not only at the source of later psychotic states and the
perversions but also at the origin of all forms of love, as
demonstrated in its re-appearance in the situation of transference.
Love and its Vicissitudes moves beyond conventional psychoanalytic
discourse to provide a stimulating and revealing reflection on the
place of love in psychoanalytic theory and practice.
The Fabric of Affect in the Psychoanalytic Discourse is a
seminal work on one of the most neglected topics in psychoanalysis,
that of affect. Originally published in French as Le Discours
Vivant, and by one of the most distinguished living analysts, the
book is structured in three parts:
- Affect within psychoanalytic literature
- Clinical practice of psychoanalysis: structure and process
- Theoretical study: affect, language and discourse; negative
hallucination
Written in a clear, lucid style, connecting theory to both
culture and clinical practice, this book will appeal to
psychoanalysts and psychotherapists, and also to those involved in
cultural studies.
The question of diachrony has been an ongoing preoccupation of Andre Green throughout his psychoanalytic career. It was at the centre of the debates during the era of structuralism and opened up a range of issues for psychoanalysis. These included the question of primal experience and repetition, discovered belatedly by Freud but destined to play a major role. Recollection, a central theme in the early days of psychoanalysis, is now seen in the context of its relation to repetition compulsion. The memories to be rediscovered during treatment are less important than the signs of temporality involved. The illusion of completely lifting infantile amnesia has given way to constructions in analysis. Historical truth, which is based on the beliefs organizing the psyche, is contrasted with material truth stripped of any embellishment.;The essays in this volume complete the ideas put forward in 'Time in Psychoanalysis - Some Contradictory Aspects', its companion volume.
"Illusions and Disillusions of Psychoanalytic Work" is the title
the author has opted for rather than that of failure, a term that
does not seem suitable to him, in the specific field of
psychoanalysis, for recounting and exploring the disappointing and
sometimes tragic evolutions of the treatments of certain patients
who are resistant to the effects of analytic work. In this book he
reports cases taken from his own experience and that of his
collaborators. He points out, moreover, that such cases have never
been absent from the series of analysands that he has treated, from
the early days of his practice up until today, without minimizing
his counter-transference reactions or their possible impact on
these disappointing evolutions.
Some sixty years after the "Controversial Discussions" in the early
40s, this passionate book resurrects their spirit on a global
scale. Under the aurthor's generous, tactful yet strong leadership,
a small discussion group of noteworthy analysts of the
International Psychoanalytical Association, coming from all the
theoretical and geographical regions in today's psychoanalytic
Babel, met several times over three years in order to deal, by way
of the detailed discussion of their clinical experiences, with what
to many of those involved was and still is a polemical concept:
that of the borderline patient. Such a concept, widely accepted in
the United States, remains controversial in many parts of the
psychoanalytic universe, mainly in what concerns the multifaceted
relationship between psychoanalytic and psychiatric categories. To
be remarked upon is the sincerity put to play by the participants
in expressing their doubts, their agreements and their
disagreements in the heady process of developing a grasp on the
others' viewpoint.
This title presents a rich assortment of the author's
psychoanalytic contributions. He ably integrates the work of
Winnicott, Bion, Klein, Kernberg and Kohut with that of Lacan,
Bouvet and McDougal, to present an integrated treatise on object
relations and its interface with structuralism. Andre Green
occupies a unique position in psychoanalysis today, and his work
represents a synthesis of the traditions of Lacan, Winnicott
andBion. This volume collects fourteen of his papers together with
a substantial introduction. The papers range widely across clinical
and theoretical issues including borderline states, the true and
false self, and narcissism. On Private Madness has achieved the
status of a modern psychoanalytic classic, and this new impression
will be welcomed by all those admirers of Dr. Green who wish to
have these seminal paperscollected together."
Green deplores the absence of sexuality and the erotic from current
psychoanalytic theory and practice. Instead, he demonstrates how
human sexuality forms an 'erotic chain'. The work of analysis, he
argues, consists in following the dynamic movements of the erotic
process, by ascertaining its links with other aspects of the
psyche.
This title illustrates the number of forms of narcisssim met with in clinical practice, and draws attention to the duplicity underlying its structure. The author also shows that it is necessary to postulate the existence of a death-giving narcissism.
Andre Green attempts the complex task of identifying and examining
the key ideas for a contemporary psychoanalytic practice. This
undertaking is motivated both by the need for an outline of the
evolution of psychoanalysis since Freud's death, and by the hope of
tackling the fragmentation which has led to the current 'crisis of
psychoanalysis'. In three sections covering the theoretical and
practical aspects of psychoanalysis, and analyzing the current
state of the field, Andre Green provides a stimulating overview of
the principal concepts that have guided his work. Subjects covered
include:
* Transference and countertransference
* Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy: modalities and results
* Language-speech-discourse in psychoanalysis
* Recognition of the unconscious
This unique contemporary perspective on the psychoanalytic
enterprise will fascinate all those with an interest in the
problems that face the field and the opportunities for its future
development.
In this stimulating and wide-ranging 1979 study, Andre Green, the
eminent French psychoanalyst, demonstrates the relevance of
psychoanalysis to literary criticism. He interprets the Freudian
theory of the Oedipus complex - in its 'negative' aspect of male
hostility towards the female - in several of the great European
tragedies, including Aeschlyus' Oresteia (where the son kills the
mother), Shakespeare's Othello (where the husband kills the wife)
and Racine's Iphigegenie a Aulis (where the father kills the
daughter), as well as Sophocles' Oedipodeia. Green sheds light on
such important literary and psychoanalytic questions as the stage's
kinship with phantasy, glorified in Artaud's theatre; those devices
through which the spectator's unconscious may be affected; the
family's privileged position at the centre of the 'tragic space';
the points at which modern structuralist thought fails; and the
different perspectives exploring the Oedipus myth and Freud's
interpretation of it. This will interest psychologists,
anthropologists, and readers of literary debate.
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