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This book is dedicated to Pearl King who is something of an institution in herself within psychoanalysis as well as an important contributor to the development of the institution of psychoanalysis. She is the co-author with Riccardo Steiner of the monumental The Freud-Klein Controversies (1941-1945) detailing the ""Controversial Discussions"" of the

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Author:   Jennifer Johns ,  Riccardo Steiner ,  Jennifer Johns
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9780367329662

ISBN 10:   0367329662
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   29 July 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Introduction -- A language game -- Splits in the French psychoanalytic movement, between 1953 and 1964 -- The passion of history confronted with the failure of psychoanalytic historical thinking -- The young R. D. Laing: a personal memoir and some hypotheses -- ""Et in Archivio . . . [a] Pearl"": a personal appreciation of Pearl King's work as a historian and archivist of psychoanalysis -- The evolution of organizational and training procedures in psychoanalytical associations: a brief account of the unique British contribution -- Psychoanalysis-London or British? -- The Holocaust, its aftermath, and the problem of the superego -- Repetition and modification in the ageing process -- Some reflections on D. W. Winnicott's ideas -- Technical problems in the analysis of a young adult -- Further thoughts on the validation of the clinical process -- What do our terms mean? -- Love relations in later years -- Unconscious choice and responsibility: an elusive point of psychoanalytic theory -- Developmental and genetic perspectives in psychoanalysis -- Fear of death-notes on the analysis of an old man -- Male and female narcissism: a reassessment -- The unconscious: past, present, and future"

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Ricardo Steiner is a member of the British Psycho-Analytical Society, and the current Honorary Archivist. Amongst other distinguished contributions to psychoanalysis, he edited, together with Pearl King, 'The Freud-Klein Controversies'. His other books, ''It's a New Kind of Diaspora':Explorations in the Sociopolitical and Cultural Context of Psychoanalysis', 'Tradition, Change, Creativity: Repercussions of the New Diaspora on Aspects of British Psychoanalysis', 'Unconscious Phantasy' and 'Within Time and Beyond Time: A Festschrift for Pearl King' are also published by Karnac Books

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