Trauma and Human Existence effectively interweaves two themes central to emotional trauma - the first pertains to the contextuality of emotional life in general, and of the experience of emotional trauma in particular, and the second pertains to the recognition that the possibility of emotional trauma is built into the basic constitution of human ...
From an overview of the basic principles of intersubjectivity theory, Orange, Atwood, and Stolorow proceed to contextualist critiques of the concept of psychoanalytic technique and of the myth of analytic neutrality. They then examine the intersubjective contexts of extreme states of psychological disintegration, and conclude with an examination ...
In this volume, the authors complete the circle begun with Faces in a Cloud (1979) and continued with Structures of Subjectivity (1984) and Psychoanalytic Treatment: An Intersubjective Approach (1987- with Brandchaft). They now extend intersubjectivity theory to a rethinking of the foundational pillars of psychoanalytic theory since they have ...
Hans Juergen-Wirth, a leading German psychoanalyst and editor of the journal "Psychosozial," brings cultural breadth, historical perspective, and analytic astuteness to bear in considering the collective trauma of 9/11. His meditation, which brings into its compass the psychic structure of suicide bombers and the psycho-political causes and ...
Working Intersubjectively: Contextualism in Psychoanalytic Practice satisfies the need for an up-to-date and practice-oriented introduction to the intersubjective perspective in psychoanalysis. It is premised on the central idea of contextualism, a broadbased philosophy of psychoanalytic practice that encompasses the most recent insights of ...
Dr. Stolorow and two eminent colleagues elaborate on intersubjectivity, going beyond the clinical and theoretical questions of earlier work to explore the philosophical underpinnings of psychoanalytic theory and practice. The culmination of three decades of collaborative work, this is essential reading for academics, students, and clinicians.
In Contexts of Being: The Intersubjective Foundations of Psychological Life, Robert Stolorow and George Atwood complete the circle begun with Faces in a Cloud (1979) and continued with Structures of Subjectivity (1984) and Psychoanalytic Treatment: An Intersubjective Approach (1987, with Bernard Brandchaft). Having demonstrated the degree to which ...
The first of the three Analytic Press books in which Stolorow and Brandchaft (later with the collaboration of Bernard Brandchaft) reformulate psychoanalysis as a science of human intersubjectivity. Here the authors explore the structures of subjectivity that organize the subjective world, focusing on intersubjectivity in development, in ...
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