The Idea of the Past: History, Science and Practice in American Psychoanalysis (Psychoanalytic Crosscurrents)
Language: English
Published by New York University Press, Lake Mary, Florida, 1993
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First Edition per complete number line with number one. Black boards with gold gilt spine lettering in very good condition. Internal text block clean & tight with no writings, no markings noted. Dust jacket very good with only ghost of shelf & edge wear; not price clipped - there is no price printed on front flap. * From the book, The advancement of psychoanalysis in America has reached an impasse. Scientists are pitted against hermeneuticists, theorists against practitioners. Debates over narrative truth versus historical truth, clinical theory versus meta-psychology, and the role of the past in theory and therapy are reflected and refracted through a host of competing schools and approaches. . . . Lamm concludes that the three discourses of psychoanalysis do not compose a hierarchy, and are not engaged in an argumentative struggle for supremacy, but are a participant voice in conversation in which they may differ without disagreeing.".
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- Title
- The Idea of the Past: History, Science and Practice in American Psychoanalysis (Psychoanalytic Crosscurrents)
- Author
- Lamm, Leonard J.
- Publisher
- New York University Press, Lake Mary, Florida
- Publication year
- 1993
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0814750737
- ISBN 13
- 9780814750735
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
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The advancement of psychoanalysis in America has reached an impasse. Scientists are pitted against hermeneuticists, theorists against practitioners, and narrative truth against historical truth, reflecting and refracting the role of the past in theory and therapy through a host of competing approaches. Leonard Lamm argues against the impossible task of unifying psychoanalysis into a homogenous discourse, proposing instead the acceptance of a pluralist model in which different modes of discourse are applicable and appropriate in different circumstances.
This innovative work sets out to unravel the opaque idea of the psychoanalytic past as expressed in countless theoretical voices, from object relations to Lacanianism to ego psychology. Dr. Lamm redraws the map of American psychoanalytic argument and takes a fresh look at current debates on narrative truth, metapsychology, and the role of the past in psychoanalysis.
A thoughtful model emerges in which historical, scientific, and practical discourses and constructions of the past do not compose a hierarchy in psychoanalytic understanding. Instead, they are voices in a conversation in which they may differ without disagreeing.
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