Robert D. Hinshelwood is a Professor of Psychoanalytic Studies at the University of Essex. His work delves into the depths of the human psyche, exploring psychoanalysis within its historical context. With a particular interest in group dynamics, his research often navigates the complexities of interpersonal relationships. Hinshelwood's publications offer valuable insights into both the theoretical and practical facets of psychoanalytic thought.
This book briliantly explains Klein's work, describing the startling discoveries that raised such opposition at the time. Now Klein's ideas are being recognized for their explanatory power, and her concepts of the depressive and paranoid-schizoid positions are in common usage.
Part I introduces Melanie Klein in the context of her life, her early interest in psychoanalysis and her first discoveries; Part II takes up the development of her technique of child analysis and discusses the ways in which her insights and conclusions in this area influenced the technique of adult analysis and the more general understanding of the human mind; Part III focuses on further scientific and clinical developments in psychoanalytic technique – especially those referring to the understanding and treatment of serious emotional disturbance, e.g. psychosis or affective disorders; Part IV focuses on contemporary developments in Kleinian and post-Kleinian psychoanalysis, considering clinical, cultural, and socio-political applications. .
This book introduces the psychoanalytic principles of both Winnicott and Bion
to compare the ways in which their concepts evolved, and to show how their
different approaches contribute to distinctive psychoanalytic paradigms that
warrant further research.
Das Wörterbuch definiert und erläutert die zentralen Konzepte kleinianischer Psychoanalyse, ihre historische Entwicklung und klinische Einbindung. Es bietet Informationen zu 140 Grundbegriffen der (kleinianischen) Psychoanalyse sowie Kurzbiographien der bedeutendsten kleinianischen Psychoanalytiker.