Contemporary Psychoanalysis in America: Leading Analysts Present Their Work - Hardcover

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Arnold M. Cooper, M.D., is Stephen P. Tobin and Dr. Arnold M. Cooper Professor Emeritus in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College and Training and Supervising Analyst at the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research in New York City.

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In this sweeping overview of current psychoanalytic thinking, thirty of America's foremost psychoanalysts have chosen what they consider their most significant papers--key writings that reconstruct the theoretical framework of psychoanalysis and our understanding of the therapeutic situation. Contemporary Psychoanalysis in America is a "best of the best" volume--cutting-edge work that covers the systematization of theory, including its application to problems of development and culture, and aspects of practice, whether pointing to elements of the therapeutic or elaborating the psychoanalyst's position within the analytic relationship.

The contributions consider a wide range of topics, including the status of theory in psychoanalysis, social phenomena such as homosexuality and authority, developmental approaches to clinical conditions, the therapeutic aspect of treatment, contexts of treatment, and the analyst's position. Together, they reflect the pragmatic nature of 21st-century American psychoanalysis, enriched by the clinical focus founded in the Berlin-Budapest tradition. Anyone wishing to acquire a comprehensive and authoritative--and entertaining--guide to current American psychoanalytic thinking need look no further than this monumental collection.

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In this sweeping overview of current psychoanalytic thinking, thirty of America's foremost psychoanalysts have chosen what they consider their most significant papers -- key writings that reconstruct the theoretical framework of psychoanalysis and our understanding of the therapeutic situation. Contemporary Psychoanalysis in America is a "best of the best" volume -- cutting-edge work that covers the systematization of theory, including its application to problems of development and culture, and aspects of practice, whether pointing to elements of the therapeutic or elaborating the psychoanalyst's position within the analytic relationship.

The contributions consider a wide range of topics, including the status of theory in psychoanalysis, social phenomena such as homosexuality and authority, developmental approaches to clinical conditions, the therapeutic aspect of treatment, contexts of treatment, and the analyst's position. Together, they reflect the pragmatic nature of 21st-century American psychoanalysis, enriched by the clinical focus founded in the Berlin-Budapest tradition. Anyone wishing to acquire a comprehensive and authoritative -- and entertaining -- guide to current American psychoanalytic thinking need look no further than this monumental collection.