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Tradition, Change, Creativity Repercussions of the New Diaspora on aspects of British Psychoanalysis
By Riccardo Steiner
Copyright 2000
376 Pages
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Routledge
376 Pages
by
Routledge
362 Pages
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Routledge
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A companion volume to It is a New Kind of Diaspora. Taking up where that book leaves off, it traces some of the consequences of the emigration of German and Austrian psychoanalysts to London, particularly in the context of the British Psycho-Analytical Society's "Controversial Discussions". The first part of the book, "Tradition and Change" traces some general issues related to the Discussions, in... Read more
Preface -- Tradition and change -- The Freud–Klein Controversial Discussions (1941–1945) -- Issues emerging from the Freud–Klein Controversies: Vienna/London -- Introduction -- Clinical, theoretical, and epistemological themes -- The Viennese psychoanalytic baby -- Sigmund Freud: a child of his own age -- The complex psychoanalytic parenthood of Melanie Klein's "London" baby -- An ideal nursery and a commitment of empathic relatives -- The emergence of the indigenous (British) psychoanalytic baby -- Conclusion -- Cultural context and applied psychoanalysis -- Hanna Segal's approach to creativity and aesthetics
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Steiner, Riccardo
