Diary of a Fallen Psychoanalyst: The Work Books of Masud Khan 1967-1972

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements Foreword by Brett Kahr Preface by Linda Hopkins and Steven Kuchuck The Work Books Work Book 1 — 14 August 1967 – 20 August 1968 Work Book 2 — 20 August 1968 – 10 April 1969 Work Book 3 — 12 April 1969 – 29 June 1969 Work Book 4 — 1 July 1969 – 17 August 1969 Work Book 5 — 17 August 1969 – 13 October 1969 Work Book 6 — 13 October 1969 – 22 February 1970 Work Book 7 — 23 February 1970 – 15 April 1970 Work Book 8 — 15 April 1970 – 15 August 1970 Work Book 9 — 15 August 1970 – 26 October 1970 Work Book 10 — 27 October 1970 – 26 December 1970 Work Book 11 — 26 December 1970 – 7 March 1971 Work Book 12 — 7 March 1971 – 5 May 1971 Work Book 13 — 6 May 1971 – 25 July 1971 Work Book 14 — 25 July 1971 – 26 January 1972

About the Author :
Linda Hopkins, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst. She works in private practice in Washington DC and is member teaching faculty at IIPT and IPI (International Psychotherapy Institute). She is author of False Self: The Life of Masud Khan. Steven Kuchuck, LCSW is a faculty member, supervisor, Board member, and co-director of curriculum for the adult training program in psychoanalysis at the National Institute for the Psychotherapies and faculty, Stephen Mitchell Center for Relational Studies. He is Editor-in-Chief of Psychoanalytic Perspectives. scholars. His scientific work centres on the psychoanalytic approach to severe psychic disorders in psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine and on the subjective body experience (body image).

Review :
'Linda Hopkins and Steven Kuchuck have clearly worked very hard on this edition of the Work Books and it shows. [...] Hopkins and Kuchuck have used a light hand editorially and have not burdened the text with excessive annotation. [...] I am grateful to Hopkins and Kuchuck for giving us the opportunity to live more deeply in the mind of this profoundly paradoxical person.' 'What a privilege to have access to Masud Khan's work books. They are raw, insightful, sharply charged perceptions of life in progress filled with social commentary, psychoanalytic vision, irony and horror. His criticism of colleagues, society and world pull no punches, yet a profound sense of Beauty and appreciation of the best in us come through. He has a special gift for 'nooks and crannies' of experience as well as pulsating depths. Thanks to Linda Hopkins and Steven Kuchuck for the treasure they helped mediate.' 'Jacques Lacan said famously that the psychoanalyst must be 'a man of letters.' Masud Khan was as literate as any analyst of his time, and readers interested in the history of psychoanalysis will find a treasure trove here. Following a fascinating introduction by the editors, the Work Books reveal Khan at his vituperative best, with flashes of prescience and wit. They remind us, too, of things we might like to forget about our impossible profession.' 'Khan's workbooks are fascinating. They are strangely akin to a stream of consciousness in which the writer argues with his longings, hubris, disappointments, hurts, exuberances while engaging with the key figures in psychoanalysis. This crucial period in the field expands its understandings of the private self – of which Khan was a prime theorist – and of the quality of relatedness. We are introduced to his wide philosophical readings, his knowledge of art and his struggles with friends, with his wife and with psychoanalytic colleagues. Compelling.' 'Linda Hopkins and Steven Kuchuck’s indefatigable commitment and careful scholarship introduce us to Khan's long-awaited workbooks. Their meticulous scholarship clarifies Khan's sometimes confusing allusions while also protecting the integrity of the document. This volume gives us a fascinating window into – among many things – Winnicott's own thinking and personhood; Khan's complex and often contradictory psychology; British psychoanalytic politics; Khan's personal relationships with many prominent psychoanalysts... along with a window into the development of Khan's thinking. A delicious, provocative, sometimes disturbing, and utterly satisfying volume.' 'Here’s an unusual read, an incredible opportunity for access to the inner world of a brilliant and controversial psychoanalyst. Hopkins and Kuchuck’s scholarship and persistence against the odds bring us into Masud Khan’s private self as revealed in his diaries ... This book will be a treasure trove for scholars of mid-twentieth century psychoanalysis. As for the rest of us, who wouldn’t want to read the diaries of a man who 'dares to say and think anything'?' 'Psychoanalysts have long been aware of the fact that extraordinary intelligence and alarming corruption can co-exist in the same individual. However, the case of Masud Khan is truly extraordinary. He combined erudition and charm with thoroughgoing contempt. The psychoanalytic profession owes a deep debt of gratitude to Steven Kuchuck and Linda Hopkins, who systematically collected Khan's papers so that we can study them for ourselves.' 'Although a brilliant and charming man, and an excellent horse rider, [Masud Khan] also caused great distress to many colleagues. These beautifully edited Work Books offer a rare glimpse into the mind of a complicated psychoanalyst. We have much to learn from Khan about how to be a human being and, moreover, how not to be.' 'In this unique record of grandiose omnipotence mixed with true scholarship, Khan exposes far more of himself than he realizes. There are so many intriguing theories here. Alas, his intellectual musings do not translate into the gold of insight: he remains trapped in a fantasy of his superiority and the reality of solipsism; despite all his cleverness and knowledge, without self-awareness.' 'Diary of a Fallen Psychoanalyst: The Work Books of Masud Khan, edited by Linda Hopkins and Steven Kuchuck, is a literary achievement that repairs a gap in the narrative of analytic memory. This extraordinary editorial accomplishment invites the reader to share, in Khan’s own words, the day-to-day observations of a complex, controversial and largely forgotten analytic celebrity. [...] it is hoped that, in time, these Work Books will help to bring about restoration of Khan’s profound and pertinent contributions to contemporary psychoanalytic thought.'