Bücher der Reihe New Library of Psychoanalysis

Drawing on a range of psychoanalytic, philosophical and literary sources, and vignettes from the author's clinical experience, this book brings the subject of psychosis to life and demonstrates how the study of psychoanalysis and psychosis forces us to confront fundamental ontological questions.

This volume contains essays which were originally intended as a series of lectures for the general public, outlining the basic ideas of psychoanalysts Melanie Klein and Wilfred Bion and examining their theories and ideas in the setting of contemporary analysis.

This captivating book explores Antonino Ferro's conception of the way the mind works, his interpretation of the analytic understanding of psychopathology, his reconceptualization of the therapeutic process, and implications for analytic technique.

The selected papers of one of the leading intellectual figures in psychoanalysis, Arnold M. Cooper M.D., record his unique ability to reflect upon the process of change and help us understand not only where, but even what, psychoanalysis is.

Almost a year since the publication of The Interpretation of Dreams, this anthology brings together key issues from Europe and America and invites the reader to consider new perspectives on the dream that have emerged since then.

Offering an international perspective on the masculing and feminine interplay of body and psyche in psychoanalysis, this book fills a considerable gap in the literature, providing a classic text for psychoanalysis and gender studies.

Offering a different perspective on psychoanalysis, this volume explores the idea that human psychopathology is a manifestation of a breakdown of the individual's capacity to dream his experience. It is of interest to psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, and other mental health professionals.

The first study of its kind, From Fetus to Child shows how observational and psychoanalytic data can offer different but complementary insights in attempting to answer fundamental questions about human development.

Brings together Ronald Britton's writing on the subject of belief and imagination over the last 15 years, exploring the concepts from a Kleinian perspective and examining the relationship between psychic reality and fictional writing.

Psychic Bisexuality: A British-French Dialogue clarifies and develops the Freudian conception according to which sexual identity is not reduced to the anatomical difference between the sexes, but is constructed as a psychic bisexuality that is inherent to all human beings.

Winner of the 2013 Sigourney Award!The Telescoping of Generations is an original perspective on the nature of narcissism, exploring how the traumatic experiences of previous generations influence the mechanisms involved in the transmission of narcissistic links between

Presents a collection of essays exploring films from a psychoanalytic perspective, focussing specifically on the representation of loss in European cinema. This book also explores other themes familiar to psychoanalytic discourse, such as establishment and resolution of Oedipal conflicts and representation of pathological characters on the screen.

"This book is a translation of a work previously published in French by aEditions Ithaque, Paris, France as Quelle psychanalyse pour le XXIaeme siaecle? (2016)"-- Title verso.

British Psychoanalysis: New Perspectives in the Independent Tradition is a new and extended edition of The British School of Psychoanalysis: The Independent Tradition, which explored the successes and failures of the early environment; transference and counter-transference in the psychoanalytic encounter; regression in the situation of treatment, and female sexuality. Published in the mid-1980s, it had an important influence on the development of psychoanalysis both in Great Britain and abroad, was translated into several languages and became a central textbook in academic and professional courses.

Steiner utilises Kleinian theory to analyse those patients who have organised object relationships and defences into complex, rigid internal struc- tures. Using clinical examples he examines these psychotic organisations and suggests a therapy.