Jonathan House
Laplanche
An Introduction
The Unconscious in Translation, 2015
New Books in PsychoanalysisNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books Network June 5, 2018 Philip Lance
This interview with Jonathan House is about a book titled Laplanche: An Introduction (The Unconscious in Translation, 2015). Dr. House is not the author of the book (more on that below) but he is the publisher and translator of portions…
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Donald Moss
At War with the Obvious
Disruptive Thinking in Psychoanalysis
Routledge, 2018
New Books in PsychoanalysisNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books Network May 29, 2018 Anna Fishzon
What does Donald Moss have against common sense, Captain Obvious, sincerity, and everything duh!? At War with the Obvious: Disruptive Thinking in Psychoanalysis (Routledge, 2018) turns to culture and the clinic to reach beneath semblance, the lure of affect,…
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Richard Tuch and Lynn S. Kuttnauer
Conundrums and Predicaments in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis
Routledge, 2018
New Books in PsychoanalysisNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books Network May 18, 2018 Philip Lance
“Clinical moments,” as defined in this book, are those therapeutic encounters that challenge the analyst’s capacity to make snap judgments about how to respond to a patient at particularly delicate times. Richard Tuch and Lynn S. Kuttnauer‘s edited collection…
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Dominique Scarfone
The Unpast
The Actual Unconscious
The Unconscious in Translation, 2015
New Books in PsychoanalysisNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books Network April 24, 2018 Philip Lance
Dominique Scarfone‘s The Unpast: The Actual Unconscious (The Unconscious in Translation, 2015) charts “a new itinerary through the vast landscape that is Freud.” For many North American readers, or others who may not appreciate the relevance of drive theory…
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Irwin Hirsch and Donnell Stern, eds.
The Interpersonal Perspective in Psychoanalysis, 1960s-1990s
Rethinking Transference and Countertransference
Routledge, 2017
New Books in PsychoanalysisNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books Network April 19, 2018 Christopher Bandini
The history of psychoanalysis is full of twists, turns and also glaring omissions. In their new two-volume set, editors Irwin Hirsch and Donnell Stern attempt to set the record straight in regard to the overlooked contributions of interpersonal writers and…
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