196 Pages
by
Routledge
196 Pages
by
Routledge
196 Pages
by
Routledge
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By way of a new reading of The Complete Works of Sigmund Freud, this book introduces the notion of a theory of practice to the psychoanalytic endeavour. Spelled out in terms of interdependent components, namely; aim, technique and theoretical premises, the author takes the reader through Freud’s oeuvre so that he emerges as a relentless, theoretically grounded, practitioner. Moran argues that the... Read more
Foreword -- Much ado about science -- Establishing the freudian field -- The Masterplan -- The fundamental hypothesis of the split psyche -- The fulcrum of diagnosis part 1: Aetiology -- The fulcrum of diagnosis part 2: Mechanisms -- Aim -- Technique -- Subject to exclusion -- The Inheritance -- To be or not to be? -- Telling evidence -- The paradoxical legacy of Sigmund Freud
Biography
Frances Moran (BBSc (Hons), MSc (ClinPsych), PhD, MAPS) is in private practice in Armadale, Australia, working as a clinician within the psychoanalytic tradition. She has many journal articles in the field of psychoanalysis to her name and several books including 'Subject and Agency in Psychoanalysis: Which is to be Master?' (New York Univerity Press, 1993) and 'Searching for the Soul: Psychoanalytical and Theological Reflections on Spiritual Growth' with T. Kelly (St Pauls, Strathfield, Australia 1999).
