Joseph Bristow introduces readers to the most influential contemporary theories of sexual desire and reveals how nineteenth century scientists invented 'sexuality'. This clear and fascinating introductory guide makes complex theoretical ideas accessible to readers of all levels. It explores: * the lasting influence of late-Victorian sexology * conflicting accounts of eroticism * the place of Freud and Lacan within cultural studies, literary criticism and feminist theory * the importance of Bataille, Baudrillard, Cixous, Deleuze, Irigaray and Kristeva * the legacy of Michel Foucault in queer theory today * postmodern sexual identities, and the contemporary emphasis on erotic diversity.
Table of Contents:
Mitchell, Foreword. Part I: Development of the Capacity for Self-Analysis: Exploration of our "Personal Equations."Demos, Developmental Foundations for the Capacity for Self-Analysis: Parallels in the Roles of Caregiver and Analyst. Bernardi, Does Our Self-Analysis Take Into Consideration Our Assumptions? Part II: Analytic Work and Self-Analysis.Margulies, Contemplating the Mirror of the Other: Empathy and Self-Analysis. McLaughlin, Work with Patients and the Experience of Self-Analysis. Smith, Engagements in Analysis and Their Use in Self-Analysis. Part III: Modes of Self-Analytic Activity.Wolf, Self-Analysis of a Taboo. Gedo, On Fastball Pitching, Astronomical Clocks, and Self-Cognition. Gardner, On Talking to Ourselves: Some Self-Analytical Reflections on Self-Analysis. Part IV: The Role of the Other in Self-Analysis.Eifermann, The Discovery of Real and Fantasized Audiences for Self-Analysis. Harris, Ragen, Mutual Supervision, Countertransference, and Self-Analysis. Poland, Self and Other in Self-Analysis. Part V: Self-Analysis, Writing, and Creativity.Sonnenberg, To Write or Not to Write: A Note on Self-Analysis and the Resistance to Self-Analysis. Anzieu, Beckett: Self-Analysis and Creativity. Lussier, Freud's Self-Analysis.
About the Author :
A graduate and faculty member of the Psychoanalytic Institute of New England, East, James W. Barron, Ph.D., has broad interests in psychoanalytic education. Past president of the Division of Psychoanalysis of the APA, the Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis, and the International Federation for Psychoanalytic Education, Dr. Barron is editor of the Psychologist Psychoanalyst and coeditor of the volume Interface of Psychoanalysis and Psychology (1992). He maintains a private practice and is an Instructor in Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School.
Review :
"This is one of the most valuable books on psychoanalysis to appear in many years. The contributors offer a fascinating overview both of the way that analysts go about analyzing themselves and the way that their psychology resonates with that of their patients."
- Theodore Jacobs, M.D., New York Psychoanalytic Institute
