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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777860003321

Autore

Kernberg Otto F. <1928->

Titolo

Contemporary controversies in psychoanalytic theory, techniques, and their applications [[electronic resource] /] / Otto F. Kernberg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Haven, Conn. ; ; London, : Yale University Press, 2004

ISBN

1-281-72201-4

9786611722012

0-300-12836-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 online resource (x, 342 p.))

Classificazione

77.82

Disciplina

616.8914

Soggetti

Psychoanalysis

Psychiatry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Freud's Theories and Their Contemporary Variations -- 2. Psychoanalytic Object Relations Theories -- 3. The Concept of Drive in the Light of Contemporary Psychoanalytic Theorizing -- 4. Unresolved Issues in the Psychoanalytic Theory of Homosexuality and Bisexuality -- 5. Mourning and Melancholia Revisited -- 6. Resistances to Research in Psychoanalysis -- 7. Authoritarianism, Culture, and Personality in Psychoanalytic Education -- 8. A Concerned Critique of Psychoanalytic Education -- 9. Some Proposed Complementary Solutions to the Problems of Psychoanalytic Education -- 10. Sanctioned Social Violence: A Psychoanalytic View -- 11. Some Psychoanalytic Contributions to the Prevention of Socially Sanctioned Violence -- 12. Listening in Psychoanalysis: The Importance of Not Understanding -- 13. The Analyst's Authority in the Psychoanalytic Situation -- 14. Validation in the Clinical Process -- 15. The Interpretation of the Transference (with Particular Reference to Merton Gill's Contribution) -- 16. The Influence of the Gender of Patient and Analyst on the Psychoanalytic Relationship -- 17. Convergences and Divergences in Contemporary Psychoanalytic Technique -- 18. Recent Developments in the Technical Approaches of English-Language Psychoanalytic Schools -- References -- Index



Sommario/riassunto

In this important book, esteemed psychoanalyst Otto F. Kernberg reviews some of the recent developments and controversies in psychoanalytic theory and technique. Gathering together both previously published articles and extensive new material, Dr. Kernberg examines such issues as the new psychoanalytic views of homosexuality, bisexuality, and the influence of gender in the analytic relationship. He explores the application of psychoanalysis to non-clinical fields, including the problem of psychoanalytic research and its clinical implications, the validation of psychoanalytic interventions in the clinical process, and the challenges of psychoanalytic education. He shows how psychoanalysis can be helpful in addressing such cultural problems as socially sanctioned violence. And he asserts the continued relevance of object relations theory and its compatibility with Freud's dual drive theory.