A Web of Sorrow: Mistrust, Jealousy, Lovelessness, Shamelessness, Regret, Hopelessness
Book Details
- Publisher : Routledge
- Published : May 2017
- Cover : Paperback
- Pages : 180
- Category :
Psychoanalysis - Catalogue No : 39852
- ISBN 13 : 9781782205661
- ISBN 10 : 1782205667
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Bringing together the experiences of mistrust, jealousy, lack of love, shamelessness, regret, and despair, this far-reaching book elucidates human sorrow in striking sociocultural and clinical details.
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‘Salman Akhtar’s discourse on emotional states leading to sorrow is truly worth reading. His ability to distill the essential, put it in a broader frame, evaluate it while respecting the complexities involved, and then add original insights is clearly exceptional.’
- Nicholas Kouretas, Athens
‘A Web of Sorrow is a deeply intelligent book that is replete with literary and clinical illustrations. Akhtar’s writing style is elegant and his theory a congenial blend of ego psychology, object relations approach, and sociocultural vicissitudes of life. I highly recommend this book to all those who want to deepen their understanding both of human suffering and of psychoanalysis.’
- Mali Mann, San Francisco
‘In this book, Salman Akhtar deals with painful aspects of everyday life such as lovelessness and regret that have received minimal attention in psychoanalytic literature. With impressive creativity and originality, he deepens our understanding of these and other sources of human sorrow.’
- Hanni Mann-Shalvi, Tel Aviv
‘This is another deeply incisive and humane book by a man whose warmth, intelligence and poetic writings are impressive and inspiring. The book comprises chapters on emotional states that are a source of misery to those who suffer such misfortune and to those around them. Akhtar writes about their causes, manifestations, and guidelines for treatment. He illuminates his views with examples from clinical practice, from psychoanalytic literature, and from a rich knowledge of poetry and films. This volume – through its clear and moving focus on sorrow – generates much hope, which allows us to make the best of what we have. For those of us who are clinicians, it will inspire us to continue working with humanity, thoughtfulness and patience with our patients.’
- Julian Stern, London
About the Author(s)
Salman Akhtar, MD, is professor of psychiatry at Jefferson Medical College and a training and supervising analyst at the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia. He has served on the editorial boards of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis and the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association. His more than 450 publications include twenty-three solo authored books – Broken Structures (1992), Quest for Answers (1995), Inner Torment (1999), Immigration and Identity (1999), New Clinical Realms (2003), Objects of Our Desire (2005), Regarding Others (2007), Turning Points in Dynamic Psychotherapy (2009), The Damaged Core (2009), Comprehensive Dictionary of Psychoanalysis (2009), Immigration and Acculturation (2011), Matters of Life and Death (2011), Psychoanalytic Listening (2013), Good Stuff (2013), Sources of Suffering (2014), No Holds Barred (2016), A Web of Sorrow (2017), Mind, Culture, and Global Unrest (2018), Silent Virtues (2019), Tales of Transformation (2022), In Leaps and Bounds (2022), and In Short (2024) – as well as sixty-nine edited or coedited volumes in psychiatry and psychoanalysis. Dr. Akhtar has delivered many prestigious addresses and lectures including, most significantly, the inaugural address at the first IPA-Asia Congress in Beijing, China (2010). Dr. Akhtar is the recipient of the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association’s Best Paper of the Year Award (1995), the Margaret Mahler Literature Prize (1996), the American Society of Psychoanalytic Physicians’ Sigmund Freud Award (2000), the American College of Psychoanalysts’ Laughlin Award (2003), the American Psychoanalytic Association’s Edith Sabshin Award (2000), Columbia University’s Robert Liebert Award for Distinguished Contributions to Applied Psychoanalysis (2004), the American Psychiatric Association’s Kun Po Soo Award (2004), the Irma Bland Award for being the Outstanding Teacher of Psychiatric Residents in the country (2005), and the Nancy Roeske Award (2012). He received the Sigourney Award (2013), which is the most prestigious honor in the field of psychoanalysis. Dr. Akhtar is an internationally sought speaker and teacher, and his books have been translated in many languages, including German, Turkish, and Romanian. His interests are wide and he has served as the film review editor for the International Journal of Psychoanalysis, and is currently serving as the book review editor for the International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies. He has published eighteen collections of poetry and serves as a scholar-in-residence at the Inter-Act Theatre Company in Philadelphia. His Selected Papers (Vols I–X) were recently published and released at a festive event held at the Freud House & Museum in London.
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