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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786086903321

Autore

Young-Bruehl Elisabeth

Titolo

The clinic and the context : historical essays / / Elisabeth Young-Bruehl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Routledge, , 2018

ISBN

0-429-90605-6

0-429-48128-4

1-283-90249-4

1-78241-046-5

Edizione

[1st]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

History of psychoanalysis series

Disciplina

150.195

Soggetti

Clinical psychology

Psychoanalysis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; SERIES EDITOR'S FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE Why psychoanalysis has no history; CHAPTER TWO The trauma of lost love in psychoanalysis; CHAPTER THREE Civilisation and its dream of contentment: reflections on the unityof human kind; CHAPTER FOUR Psychoanalysis and social democracy: a tale of two developments; CHAPTER FIVE A brief history of prejudice studies; CHAPTER SIX Reflections on women and psychoanalysis; CHAPTER SEVEN Sexual diversity in cosmopolitan perspective; CHAPTER EIGHT Women and children first!

CHAPTER NINE Psychobiography and character study: a reflectionINDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This book comprises a collection of the distinguished psychoanalyst Elisabeth Young-Bruehl 's papers ranging from 'Psychoanalysis and Social Democracy', 'Civilization and its Dream of Contentment', 'Reflections on Women and Psychoanalysis' and 'Psychobiography and Character Study'. Each essay is of value in its own right, and the collection together will be found to make an important contribution to our understanding of the history of psychoanalysis.