1st Edition
Affects As Process An Inquiry into the Centrality of Affect in Psychological Life
- In the Beginning
- Freud, Darwin, and Descartes
- Affects as Composites
- The Search for Primitive Thought
- Is Primary Process Primary?
II. Affects as Process
- The Language of Affectivity
- Moods
- Lust, Libido, and Love
- Contentment, Excitement, and Joy
- Fear
- Anxiety and Traumatic States
- Aggression and Rage
- The Prereflective Roots of Shame
- Presymbolic Character Structure
- The Development of Thought
- Rapprochement
- Object Relations and Object Constancy
- Love, Hate, and the Dynamic Unconscious
- Thought Dysfunctions
- Psychosexual Development and Motivational Systems
- Affects and the Self
Biography
Joseph M. Jones, M.D., is a Training and Supervising Analyst as the Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Institute and the Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis. He is on the clinical faculty of the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute and maintains a private practice in the West Los Angeles area.
"Good analysts have always known that affect is where the therapeutic action is, but have long lamented the absence of a comprehensive psychoanalytic theory of affectivity. In Affects as Process, Joseph Jones has filled this glaring gap in the literature brilliantly. Beginning with the proposition that affect is a presymbolic mode of knowing oneself and the world, Jones mends the traditional false dichotomy between affect and cognition and offers not only a beautiful account of the ontogeny of emotional life but important insights into the development of thought as well. Rich in clinical implications and written in a wonderfully lucid style, this gem of a volume is destined to become a psychological classic."
- Robert G. Stolorow, Ph.D., Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Los Angeles
"In this trailblazing book on affect, Josepf Jones offers a radical and, to my mind, absolutely necessary reexamination of fundamental psychoanalytic assumptions about affects. His demonstration that the precursors of affect operate from the beginning of life is a tremendous step forward in our understanding of posttraumatic stress. Likewise, his reconceptualization of affects as 'process' that significantly determines how we think and act will be the basis for modifying many important theories and practices."
- Henry Krystal, M.D., Michigan State University
"This is a groundbreaking book, a truly modern, highly intelligent, and always thought-provoking study of the development, structure, and function of affect in psychological life. Affects as Process represents a major contribution to contemporary affect theory."
- Thomas Ogden, M.D., Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California
