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This book brings together for the first time in one volume selected
papers by one of the leading contemporary intellectual figures in
the field of psychoanalysis, Arnold M. Cooper M.D. Cooper has
addressed every aspect of American psychoanalytic life: theory,
clinical work, education, research, the interface with neighboring
disciplines, and the institutional life of the profession. In these
papers, he both documents and critiques what he calls a 'Quiet
Revolution' following the death of Freud, in the way psychoanalysis
is conceived: as a science, as a theory of mental life, as a
treatment, as a profession. Throughout his professional life, the
process of change has fascinated Cooper. His own contributions to
psychoanalytic clinical theory have changed our understanding of
work with patients to include a greater appreciation of
narcissistic and pre-oedipal themes in development and of the human
encounter embedded in the psychoanalytic situation. His progressive
leadership in our educational and professional organizations has
done much to promote change toward greater self-examination and
tolerance of new ideas, and indeed, to create the conditions that
make change possible. Above all, Cooper's unique ability to observe
and reflect upon the process of change, recorded here in papers
selected from over 150 written in the years between 1947 and 2002,
has helped make Cooper the guide to whom psychoanalysts repeatedly
turn to understand not only where, but even what, psychoanalysis
is.
This book brings together for the first time in one volume selected
papers by one of the leading contemporary intellectual figures in
the field of psychoanalysis, Arnold M. Cooper M.D. Cooper has
addressed every aspect of American psychoanalytic life: theory,
clinical work, education, research, the interface with neighboring
disciplines, and the institutional life of the profession. In these
papers, he both documents and critiques what he calls a 'Quiet
Revolution' following the death of Freud, in the way psychoanalysis
is conceived: as a science, as a theory of mental life, as a
treatment, as a profession. Throughout his professional life, the
process of change has fascinated Cooper. His own contributions to
psychoanalytic clinical theory have changed our understanding of
work with patients to include a greater appreciation of
narcissistic and pre-oedipal themes in development and of the human
encounter embedded in the psychoanalytic situation. His progressive
leadership in our educational and professional organizations has
done much to promote change toward greater self-examination and
tolerance of new ideas, and indeed, to create the conditions that
make change possible. Above all, Cooper's unique ability to observe
and reflect upon the process of change, recorded here in papers
selected from over 150 written in the years between 1947 and 2002,
has helped make Cooper the guide to whom psychoanalysts repeatedly
turn to understand not only where, but even what, psychoanalysis
is.
Joseph Sandler has been an important influence in psychoanalysis throughout the world during the latter part of the 20th Century, contributing to changing views on both psychoanalytic theory and technique. He has also been a bridging force in psychoanalysis, helping to close the gap between American ego psychologists, and British Kleinian and object relations theorists. Psychoanalysis on the Move: The Work of Joseph Sandler provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of Sandlers contribution to the development of psychoanalysis. The contributors trace the development of the main themes and achievements of Sandlers work, in particular his focus on combining psychoanalytic theory and clinical practice. Timely and important, Psychoanalysis on the Move: The Work of Joseph Sandler should make interesting reading for psychoanalysts and psychotherapists, and all those who wish to know more about one of the most creative figures in psychoanalysis of the past few decades.
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Defining the aims of pscyhoanalysis was not initially a serious complex problem. However, when Freud began to think of the aim as being one of scientific research, and added the differenct formulations of aim (for example, that the iam was to make the patient's unconscious conscious) it became an area of tension which affected the subsequent development of psychoanalysis and the resolution of which has profound implications for the future of psychoanalysis. In What Do Psychoanalysts Want? the authors look at the way psychoanalysts have defined analysis both here and in America, from Freud down to the present day, by decade. From this basis they set out a theory about aims which is extremely relevant to clinical practice today, discussing the issues from the point of view of the conscious and unconscious processes in the psychoanalyst's mind. Besides presenting a concise history of psychoanalysis, its conflicts and developments, which will be of interest to a wide audience of those interested in analysis, this book makes important points for the clinician interested in researching his or her practice.^l
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