Awakening our Faith in the Future

The Advent of Psychological Liberalism

By Peter T. Dunlap

What transformation would happen if we could combine the best of liberal politics with psychology?

Awakening our Faith in the Future investigates the avenues for creating...

Published May 2nd 2008 by Routledge.

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The Ethics of Aesthetics in Japanese Cinema and Literature

Polygraphic Desire

By Nina Cornyetz

This is an innovative, scholarly and original study of the ethics of modern Japanese aesthetics from the 1930s, through the Second World War and into...

Published May 1st 2008 by Routledge.

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The Emotional Experience of Adoption

A Psychoanalytic Perspective

Edited by Debbie Hindle, Graham Shulman

Adoption is an extremely complex and emotionally demanding process for all those involved. This book explores the emotional experience of adoption from a psychoanalytic perspective,...

Published April 14th 2008 by Routledge.

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The Dissociative Mind

By Elizabeth F. Howell

Drawing on the pioneering work of Janet, Freud, Sullivan, and Fairbairn and making extensive use of recent literature, Elizabeth Howell develops a comprehensive model of...

Published April 10th 2008 by Routledge.

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How to Talk to a Narcissist

By Joan Lachkar

Much has been written about narcissism, addressing not only its theoretical aspects, its psychodynamics and the defense mechanisms within the spectrum of various kinds of...

Published April 3rd 2008 by Routledge.

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The Secret Language of Intimacy

Releasing the Hidden Power in Couple Relationships

By Robert G. Lee

In The Secret Language of Intimacy, shame and its consequences are foregrounded as a major, if not the major, impediment to the healthy functioning in the...

Published March 15th 2008 by Routledge.

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Mentalization

Theoretical Considerations, Research Findings, and Clinical Implications

Edited by Fredric N. Busch

Mentalization is the capacity to perceive and interpret behavior in terms of intentional mental states, to imagine what others are thinking and feeling, and is a concept...

Published February 26th 2008 by Routledge.

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Shame and Sexuality

Psychoanalysis and Visual Culture

Edited by Claire Pajaczkowska, Ivan Ward

Why do human beings feel shame? What is the cultural dimension of shame and sexuality? Can theory understand the power of affect? How is psychoanalysis...

Published February 15th 2008 by Routledge.

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Coasting in the Countertransference

Conflicts of Self Interest between Analyst and Patient

By Irwin Hirsch

Irwin Hirsch, author of Coasting in the Countertransference, asserts that counter-transference experience always has the potential to be used productively to benefit patients. However, he also observes that it is...

Published February 12th 2008 by Routledge.

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Psychoanalysis Comparable and Incomparable

The Evolution of a Method to Describe and Compare Psychoanalytic Approaches

By David Tuckett

How do we know when what is happening between two people should be called psychoanalysis? What is a psychoanalytic process and how do we know...

Published February 1st 2008 by Routledge.

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