| Description |
xvii, 363 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Table Of Contents -- Introduction, p.1. -- CHAPTER 1, p. 5. -- 1). Preview and Overview. -- Chapter 2 -- The Early Course of Psychoanalytic Theory, p. 18. -- 2). The appeal of theory. -- 3). At the beginning. -- 4). Interpersonal affective tensions in the early soil. -- 5). Unity and pluralism from the beginning. -- 6. The first World War. The aggressive drive. -- 7). Freud's second phase. -- 8). Post-Freud. -- 9). The second stage of divisive theories -- . -- CHAPTER 3, p.38. -- The Methodology of Scientific Progression -- 10). The progression of theory. -- 11). Ideation and affects in theory formation. -- 12). The expanding field. -- 13). Four flaws and fallacies. -- 14). The mainstream is no longer main. -- 15). A unified theory, and diversity in unity. -- CHAPTER 4, p.60. -- Personal scientific odyssey. -- 16). 1940. The field as I began. -- 17). The reporter-narrator. -- 18). Medical school. -- 19). Neurology. -- 20). To psychiatry. Into the field of psychoanalysis. -- 21). The writing of papers. -- 22). Otto Fenichel. -- 23). Genealogy. -- CHAPTER 5, p. 87. -- The first half of the second half-century. -- The 40's to the 60's. -- 24). World War II. -- 25). The Army Air Force, 1943-1946. -- 26). A prophetic group effect. -- 27). After the War. Los Angeles, 1946. -- 28). Ego psychology. -- 29). Psychosomatic medicine, and medical psychoanalysis. -- 30). The splits around 1950. -- 31). The fifties. -- 32). A reflection on the 60's. -- 33). The Presidencies. -- 34). Stanford. The think tank. -- Chapter 6, p. 132. -- The 60?s continues. Platform to the 70?s. -- The stages of decline of a unified theory. -- 35). The crest of the wave and the downward turn. -- 36). The cracks now within. -- 37). Los Angeles, the sixties. -- 38). Topeka. -- 39). Prelude to Rome. -- 40). Rome-Kohut. 1969. -- 41). Anna Freud. -- 42). Reflections on theory from the Vienna Congress. -- 43). The spread and radiation. The receptive soil, -- 44). My parallel work on the evolving mainstream. The intrapsychic process. -- CHAPTER 7, p. 214. -- The 1970's and 80's. -- Divergences. -- 45). More of the cumulative theory. The unconscious decision-making function of -- the ego. The psychoanalytic theory of action. -- 46). The compromise of integrity. -- 47). Los Angeles from the 70?s. -- 48). A new order. The American as target. -- 49). My contrasting experiences in the American. -- 50). Multiple and reciprocal changes. -- 51). Towards pluralism. -- 52). Lay Analysis. -- 53). Lawsuits. -- 54). Wallerstein. -- 55). Common ground. -- 56). Chasing the irrational. -- 57). How many theories? -- 58). It is what each theory omits that is the problem. -- 59). The positive contributions of many. -- Chapter 8, p. 260. -- The 1990's. To 2000. -- Breaking the bonds and holding the fort. -- 60). The final theoretical path of the century. -- 61). An alternative to alternative theories. -- 62). Total composite psychoanalytic theory. -- 63). Reason and "the field" of psychoanalysis. The psychoanalysis of public opinion. -- 64). Changes in the role of the analyst. A process under strain. -- 65). Knowledge and authority. -- 66). Enactment. -- 67). Intersubjectivity. -- 68). The altered ground. -- 69). In the meantime, steady advances. -- 70). My outlooks. Some social extensions of psychoanalytic theory. -- 71). No new paradigms. -- 72). Barcelona, 1997. Honorary President. -- CHAPTER 9, p. 304. -- The new millennium. -- 73). January 1, 2000. -- 74). Comings together. Modern Klein and Contemporary Freud. -- 75). Fusion and secondary revision. The course of Schafer. -- 76). Unity with disavowal. Fonagy. -- 77). Rapprochements. Continuing conflicts. -- 78). Regrouping. -- 79). Loose unity. And the latest reversal. Brenner?s change. -- 80). When the dust settles |
| Summary |
"This is an autobiographical history written from the center of the inner circle of psychoanalysis. Today, only a few psychoanalysts remain who have Dr. Rangell's unique, insider's view of the last half century of psychoanalytic history. His close associations with the major contributors to theory during this time permit him to chronicle the constant marriage of people and ideas that has been the hallmark of the psychoanalytic community over the previous decades. His insights are enhanced by his leadership role across the spectrum of psychoanalytic organizations (local, national, and international) that has allowed him to witness and participate in the great debates of our time." |
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"In this work, Dr. Rangell gives us his perspective on the significant individuals in psychoanalysis and their ideas: from the early dissension of the 20s and 30s to the war years, to the "golden years" of the 50s and 60s where complications in the field manifested in the splitting of Institutes. He goes on to cover the turmoil surrounding the theoretical debates of the 70s, followed by his look at the attempt at pluralism in the 80s, the eclecticism of the 90s, and finishing with a discussion of the discipline as it is now. Then, using his own contributions to the great debates of our time, Dr. Rangell fuses divisive views into a unitary theory of psychoanalysis. This composite theory offers an amalgamated view that provides coherence in place of the fragmentation, personal warring, and disarray that constitutes the current state of psychoanalysis."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
"A JAPA book." |
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Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-354) and index |
| Subject |
Rangell, Leo.
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Psychoanalysts -- United States -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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| Author |
Busch, Fred, 1939-
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| LC no. |
2003022543 |
| ISBN |
1590511131 : |
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