216 Pages
by
Routledge
216 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book investigates what psychoanalysis and Buddhism can learn from each other, and offers chapters by a Buddhist scholar, a psychiatrist-author, and a number of leading psychoanalysts. It begins with a discussion of the basic understanding of both psychoanalysis and Buddhism, viewed not as a religion but as a psychology and a philosophy with ethical principles. The focus of the book rests on... Read more
Foreword , Introduction , Preamble , The origins and fundamentals of psychoanalysis , It’s not just about the mindfulness: foundations of Buddhist thought and why it matters for psychoanalysis , Crosscurrents , The practice of psychoanalysis and Buddhism , Buddhist psychology: a work in process , On the seashore of endless worlds: Buddha and Winnicott , Faust, Mephistopheles and attachment: discussion of Mark Epstein’s chapter—“On the seashore of endless worlds: Buddha and Winnicott” , A clinical encounter: mind without walls , My lives in psychoanalysis and Buddhism , Concluding Reflections , Controversies and the potential for mutual enrichment
Biography
Axel Hoffer
