1st Edition
Analyst of the Imagination The Life and Work of Charles Rycroft
By Jenny Pearson
Copyright 2004
280 Pages
by
Routledge
280 Pages
by
Routledge
286 Pages
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Routledge
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Charles Rycroft's lucid jargon-free approach to psychoanalysis inspired a whole generation. Taking inspiration from many fields outside psychoanalysis, including history, literature, linguistics and ethology, he established the important link between mental health and the imagination, creating a broader perspective and encouraging free thinking. This solitary and creative "rebel" rarely received... Read more
Introduction -- Charles Rycroft: a memoir -- Outstanding within the “impossible” profession -- Charles Rycroft’s contribution to contemporary psychoanalytic psychotherapy -- Charles Rycroft and ablation -- The development of Charles Rycroft’s thought -- Insiders and outsiders -- The question of independence in psychotherapy -- Rebel Rycroft -- A brief history of illusion: Milner, Winnicott, Rycroft -- On bridging continuity and precision: the hidden music of psychoanalysis -- Charles Rycroft and the historical perspective -- The innocence of Charles Rycroft -- Glimpses of a life -- Further glimpses -- The last word …
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Jenny Pearson
