1st Edition

Object Relations and Social Relations The Implications of the Relational Turn in Psychoanalysis

Edited By Simon Clarke, Herbert Hahn, Paul Hoggett Copyright 2008
232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

This book has two essential aims. First, to introduce some of the key assumptions behind relational psychoanalysis to an international audience and to outline the points where this approach counters, complements, or extends existing object relations (Kleinian and Independent) traditions. Second, to consider some of the implications of the relational turn for the application of psychoanalytic... Read more
Introduction , Relational thinking: from culture to couch and couch to culture , Democratizing psychoanalysis , Staying close to the subject , Relational thinking and welfare practice , Artistic output as intersubjective third , Psycho-social research: relating self, identity, and otherness , The importance of relational thinking in the practice of psycho-social research: ontology, epistemology, methodology, and ethics , How does a turn towards relational thinking influence consulting practice in organizations and groups? , Inquiry as relational practice: thinking relationally about the practice of teaching and learning

Biography

Simon Clarke