Textbook of Psychoanalysis

The second edition of this groundbreaking text represents a
complete departure from the structure and format of its predecessor. Though
still exhaustive in scope and designed to provide a knowledge base for a
broad audience-from the beginning student to the seasoned analyst or
academician-this revision emphasizes the interdisciplinary nature of
psychoanalytic thought and boldly focuses on current American psychoanalysis
in all its conceptual and clinical diversity. This approach reflects the
perspective of the two new co-editors, whose backgrounds in linguistics and
social anthropology inform and enrich their clinical practice, and the six
new section editors, who themselves reflect the diversity of backgrounds and
thinking in contemporary American psychoanalysis.

The book begins
with Freud and his circle, and the origins of psychoanalysis, and goes on to
explore its development in the post-Freud era. This general introduction
orients the reader and helps to contextualize the six sections that follow.


* The most important tenets of psychoanalysis are defined and described
in the "Core Concepts" section, including theories of motivation,
unconscious processes, transference and countertransference, defense and
resistance, and gender and sexuality). These eight chapters constitute an
excellent introduction to the field of psychoanalysis.
* The "Schools of
Thought" section features chapters on the most influential theories-from
object relations to self psychology, to attachment theory and relational
psychoanalysis, and includes the contributions of Klein and Bion and of
Lacan.
* Rather than making developmental theory a separate section, as
in the last edition, developmental themes now permeate the "Schools of
Thought" section and illuminate other theories and topics throughout the
edition.
* Taking a more clinical turn, the "Treatment and Technique"
section addresses critical subjects such as transference and
countertransference; theories of therapeutic action; process,
interpretation, and resistance, termination and reanalysis; combined
psychoanalysis and psychopharmacotherapy, child analysis, ethics, and the
relationship between psychoanalysis and psychodynamic psychotherapy.
*
A substantive, utterly current, and meticulously referenced section on
"Research" provides an in-depth discussion of outcome, process, and
developmental research.
* The section entitled "Psychoanalysis and Other
Disciplines" takes the reader on a fascinating tour through the many fields
that psychoanalysis has enriched and been enriched by, including the
neurosciences, philosophy, anthropology, race/ethnicity, literature, visual
arts, film, and music.
* A comprehensive Glossary completes this
indispensable text.

The Textbook of Psychoanalysis is the only
comprehensive textbook of psychoanalysis available in the United States.
This masterful revision will both instruct and engage those who are learning
psychoanalysis, those who practice it, and those who apply its theories to
related disciplines. Though always controversial, this model of the human
psyche still provides the best and most comprehensive insight into human
nature.