Leo Rangell

The Road to Unity in Psychoanalytic Theory (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The theory of psychoanalysis was the breakthrough that defined the intellectual ambience of the 20th century. Two-thirds of the way into the century, the new science peaked and started a steep decline. While many look to external factors, or more recently to internal organizational ones, Dr. Leo Rangell has steadfastly pointed to theoretical fragmentation as the source of the loss of inspiration the discipline previously enjoyed.
The Controversial Discussions need to be superseded by Discussions of Controversies. The British attempt at mid-century, with its outcome far from logical or inspiring, had best be followed by reparative discussions throughout the analytic world, with human impediments met and dissolved, for as long as it takes. The ideational issues that divide are few and finite in comparison to the breadth of the consensual base. Dr. Rangell traces the mixture of ideas and people intrinsic to the history of splits, and describes a total, cumulative, composite theory aiming toward internal coherence in the service of survival and the future of the science.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Dezember 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781461631798
• Artikelnr.: 39142768

Autorenporträt

Leo Rangell, M.D. has contributed over 450 articles and seven books to psychoanalytic literature. He has also twice been President of both the American and the International Psychoanalytic Associations. He is currently the Honorary President of the International Psychoanalytic Association.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 The Task
Chapter 2 The Tool
Chapter 3 The Development
Chapter 4 The Early Theory
Chapter 5 Splits
Chapter 6 The Golden Era
Chapter 7 The Crest and the Slope. The Breakup of Theory
Chapter 9 The Bad American
Chapter 10 The Problem of Lay Analysis
Chapter 11 The Problem of Medical Analysis
Chapter 12 The Science
Chapter 13 The Breakup of Technique
Chapter 14 The Solution: Total Composite Psychoanalytic Theory
Chapter 15 One Theory, Many Treatments
Chapter 16 My Additions
Chapter 17 Unity and Reconciliation Within Psychoanalysis