| Upheavals in the Psychoanalytical Institutions II: Upheavals in the Institutions Contributor(s): Utrilla Robles, Manuela (Author) |
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ISBN: 0367102080 ISBN-13: 9780367102081 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $178.13 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Movements - Psychoanalysis - Psychology | Mental Health |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (0.80 lbs) 152 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This is a scholarly study in which the author explores a difficult subject matter that has been a tabooed topic in psychoanalysis. She undertakes a serious study of the underlying arguments as to why psychoanalysts have seldom been able to live in harmony with each other. In a very lucid and systematic manner, the author examines how a discipline, in this case psychoanalysis, can be manipulated to its detriment. She explains the disquieting processes that take place, which impede the development of psychoanalysis. These influences insidiously infiltrate the organisational ranks as a kind of arguing which should ostensibly enrich psychoanalysis but instead deprives it of its creativity. For a discipline to prosper, it is necessary to have the freedom to air doubts, ask questions, raise hypotheses, and contrast discoveries by sharing them with others, debating different positions to reflect on the discussions, and to change one's views if necessary. |
Contributor Bio(s): Utrilla Robles, Manuela: - Manuela Utrilla Robles has a doctorate in medicine and psychiatry from the Universities of Geneva and Madrid, having been a Professor at both universities. She has taught at the Institute of Social Studies in Geneva and was Director of the Day Hospital for autistic children in Geneva, as well as Head of the Neuropsychiatric Centre in Brussels and the Medical Service-Pedagogique in Geneva. She has been director of the Journal of the Psychoanalytic Association of Madrid (APM), European Representative of the Federation of Psychoanalytic Societies of Latin America (FEPAL), and President of the Madrid Psychoanalytical Association (APM). |