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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810114703321

Autore

Pearson Jenny

Titolo

Analyst of the imagination : the life and work of Charles Rycroft / / by Jenny Pearson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , [2018]

©2004

ISBN

0-429-91078-9

0-429-89655-7

0-429-47178-5

1-283-24904-9

9786613249043

1-84940-447-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Disciplina

616.89/17/092

B

Soggetti

Psychoanalysts - Great Britain

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; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; EDITOR AND CONTRIBUTORS; Introduction; 1 Charles Rycroft: a memoir; 2 Outstanding within the "impossible" profession; 3 Charles Rycroft's contribution to contemporarypsychoanalytic psychotherapy; 4 Charles Rycroft and ablation; 5 The development of Charles Rycroft's thought; 6 Insiders and outsiders; 7 The question of independence in psychotherapy; 8 Rebel Rycroft; 9 A brief history of illusion: Milner, Winnicott, Rycroft; 10 On bridging continuity and precision:the hidden music of psychoanalysis; 11 Charles Rycroft and the historical perspective

12 The innocence of Charles Rycroft13 Glimpses of a life; 14 Further glimpses; 15 The last word . . .; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Charles Rycroft's lucid jargon-free approach to psychoanalysis inspired a whole generation. Taking inspiration from many fields outside psychoanalysis, including history, literature, linguistics and ethology, he established the important link between mental health and the imagination, creating a broader perspective and encouraging free



thinking. This solitary and creative "rebel" rarely received the recognition he deserved, but this collection of articles and papers by people who felt the benefit of his ever-curious, expanding wealth of knowledge, goes some way to acknowledging the debt owed to him, and introducing a new generation to this innovative analyst.