The Idea of the Past: History, Science, and Practice in American Psychoanalysis - Couverture rigide

Lamm, Leonard J.

 
9780814750735: The Idea of the Past: History, Science, and Practice in American Psychoanalysis
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0814750737 ISBN 13 : 9780814750735
Editeur : New York University Press, 1993

Synopsis

The advancement of psychoanalysis in America has reached an impasse. Scientists are pitted against hermeneuticists, theorists against practitioners, and narrative truth against historical truth, reflecting and refracting the role of the past in theory and therapy through a host of competing approaches. Leonard Lamm argues against the impossible task of unifying psychoanalysis into a homogenous discourse, proposing instead the acceptance of a pluralist model in which different modes of discourse are applicable and appropriate in different circumstances.
This innovative work sets out to unravel the opaque idea of the psychoanalytic past as expressed in countless theoretical voices, from object relations to Lacanianism to ego psychology. Dr. Lamm redraws the map of American psychoanalytic argument and takes a fresh look at current debates on narrative truth, metapsychology, and the role of the past in psychoanalysis.
A thoughtful model emerges in which historical, scientific, and practical discourses and constructions of the past do not compose a hierarchy in psychoanalytic understanding. Instead, they are voices in a conversation in which they may differ without disagreeing.

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À propos de l'auteur

Leonard Jonathan Lamm received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the New School for Social Research. He also holds advanced degrees from Princeton and the University of London. Prior to his work in psychoanalysis and psychology, Dr. Lamm taught political theory at the University of Texas at Austin. He practices in New York City.

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Éditeur
New York University Press
Date d'édition
1993
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0814750737
ISBN 13 
9780814750735
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
330
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  0814751393 ISBN 13 :  9780814751398
Editeur : New York University Press, 1997
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