Psychoanalysis Books
Radical Freud: Reconstructing the Bisexuality Thesis
Radical Freud reveals a radical dimension to Sigmund Freud's sexual theory that has previously been neglected.
Thomas Olver argues that Freud's radical heritage has been transformed into an... (more)
Psychoanalysis and Governance: Discourse and Decisions, Identities and Futures
Psychoanalysis and Governance makes a cogent argument for the use of psychoanalytic perspectives in the understanding of governance, the process of collective decision-making which maintains and... (more)
The Psychodynamics of Trauma and Modern Horror Cinema: I Am What Haunts Me
In this illuminating volume, Carlos Pitillas and Ismael Martínez-Biurrun provide in-depth analysis of contemporary horror films from a psychoanalytic perspective.
Drawing on Freudian... (more)
Psychocinema
Psychocinema reexamines the connection between psychoanalysis and film, arguing for a return to the universalist core of both cinema and subjectivity. It traces the history of the influence of... (more)
The Origin of the Subject in Psychoanalysis: Rethinking the Foundations of Lacanian Theory and Clinic
This highly original work uses the Big Bang theory as a conceptual tool to address the question of the origin of the subject in psychoanalysis.
The Origin of the Subject in Psychoanalysis... (more)
Bion's Transformations Revisited and Expanded: Essays on the Complexity of Psychoanalysis
In this illuminating volume, Arnaldo Chuster provides a thorough critique of Wilfred Bion's seminal 1965 work, Transformations.
Offering a rich and nuanced opportunity to enhance one's... (more)
Disorganisation & Sex
Never does the patient seem more ill than when they try to order associations into a logical tale. Classical analysis sees this in terms of a repudiation of sexuality: an attempt to avoid speaking... (more)
How Philosophy Changed Psychoanalysis: From Naive Realism to Postmodernism
Through this book, philosopher and psychoanalyst Aner Govrin demonstrates how psychoanalysis' engagement with philosophy formed a crucial factor in the evolution of new psychoanalytic theories in... (more)
Absolute Freedom: Individuation and Individualization in Second-Late-Modern Societies
Within this book, the fields of analytical psychology and sociology combine to examine and explore current social theory and the concept that the author has termed ‘absolute freedom’.
This work... (more)
Freud's Student Years: A Psychobiography
In Freud’s Student Years, Florian Houssier presents the life experiences and inner conflicts of Sigmund Freud from his eighteenth birthday to his clinical practice, showing how these experiences... (more)
Why Read Ogden?: The Importance of Thomas Ogden's Work for Contemporary Psychoanalysis
Why Read Ogden? explores the importance of Thomas Ogden's work to contemporary psychoanalysis, both as an interpreter of classic psychoanalytic thinkers and as a new and original theorist and... (more)
Mortal Secrets: Freud, Vienna and the Discovery of the Modern Mind
Some cities are like stars. When the conditions are right, they ignite, and they burn with such fierce intensity that they outshine all their rivals. From 1890 and through the early years of the 20th... (more)
Pregnancy, Assisted Reproduction and Psychoanalysis
Pregnancy, Assisted Reproduction and Psychoanalysis reflects on contemporary views on pregnancy, while offering guidance on how to work with women and couples experiencing infertility as well as the... (more)
The Death Drive: A Contemporary Introduction
This comprehensive yet accessible book analyses the clinical and historical experiences that led to the radical, complex and fundamental psychoanalytic concept of the death drive.
In The Death... (more)
Narcissism: A Contemporary Introduction
Narcissism: A Contemporary Introduction provides a historical overview of this key foundational concept within psychoanalytic thought.
Richard Wood offers a critical overview of the theoretical... (more)
Psychoanalytic Work in East Africa
Psychoanalytic Work in East Africa presents a unique insight into psychoanalytic practice with urban populations in Eastern Africa.
Barbara Saegesser describes her psychoanalytic work in... (more)
The Marquis de Puységur, Artificial Somnambulism, and the Discovery of the Unconscious Mind: Memoirs to Serve the History and Establishment of Animal Magnetism
The Marquis de Puységur, Artificial Somnambulism, and the Discovery of the Unconscious Mind presents the first full English translation of a foundational text in the history of psychodynamic... (more)
Psychoanalytic Politics: Jacques Lacan and Freud's French Revolution
An updated edition of the seminal book that explores why the interest in psychoanalysis in France exploded after 1968 and what it says about culture and therapy.
Among Western countries, France... (more)
The Sense and Non-Sense of Revolt: The Powers and Limits of Psychoanalysis
Freud and psychoanalysis taught us that rebellion is what guarantees our independence and our creative abilities. But in the contemporary "entertainment" culture, is rebellion still a viable option?... (more)
Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in China: Volume 6 Number 1 & 2
This peer-reviewed journal proposes to explore the introduction of psychoanalysis, psychoanalytic therapy, and the wider application of psychoanalytic ideas into China. It aims to have articles... (more)
Kohut's Self Psychology for a Fractured World: New Ways of Understanding the Self and Human Community
Drawing from Kohut's conceptualisation of self, Riker sets out how contemporary America's formulation of persons as autonomous, self-sufficient individuals is deeply injurious to the development of a... (more)
Schizophrenia: A Contemporary Introduction
Schizophrenia: A Contemporary Introduction provides a vital overview of psychoanalytic work with patients dealing with schizophrenia, highlighting the many benefits of this approach and introducing... (more)
Explorations Between Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience: At the Edge of Mind and Brain
Explorations Between Psychoanalysis and Neuroscience brings together the life's work of David Olds, pioneering psychoanalyst, psychiatrist, philosopher, and key figure in... (more)
Psychoanalytic Reflections on Vladimir Putin: The Cost of Malignant Leadership
Psychoanalytic Reflections on Vladimir Putin: The Cost of Malignant Leadership attempts to explore the core psychodynamics that appear to characterize Vladimir Putin’s presidency.
Its... (more)
Early Women Psychoanalysts: History, Biography, and Contemporary Relevance
Each life story is unique, yet each also entwines with other stories, sharing recurring themes linked to issues of gender, Jewishness, women's education, politics, and migration.
The book's... (more)
The Astonishing Adolescent Upheaval in Psychoanalysis
This book brings together international contributors to share insight from their theoretical and clinical work with adolescents, considering the different psychopathological responses they see in... (more)
Psychoanalysis Globally Networked: The Origins of the International Federation of Psychoanalytic Societies
Since the very beginning with Sigmund Freud, the psychoanalytic movement has been in the sway of strong group dynamics. There have been hierarchies, tensions between subgroups, splits and exclusions.... (more)
Unlocking the Nature of Human Aggression: A Psychoanalytic and Neuroscientific Approach
Unlocking the Nature of Human Aggression is a neuropsychoanalytic and scientific exploration of aggression and argues for its central role in psychopathology and the genesis of individual symptoms,... (more)
The Clinical Thinking of W. R. Bion in Brazil: Supervisions and Commentaries
The Clinical Thinking of W. R. Bion in Brazil is comprised of thirteen transcriptions of supervisions Wilfred Bion conducted during his three teaching and speaking tours of Brazil.
During these... (more)
Binocular Vision: An Inquiry into Psychoanalytic Techniques and Field Theory
Binocular Vision in Psychoanalysis explains field theory from a Bionian perspective, while exploring the relationship between art and psychoanalysis.
Elena Molinari starts from Bion’s double... (more)