Interpersonal Psychoanalysis and the Enigma of Consciousness

Edgar A. Levenson is a key figure in the development of interpersonal psychoanalysis whose ideas remain influential. Interpersonal Psychoanalysis and the Enigma of Consciousness builds on his previously published work in his key areas of expertise such as interpersonal psychoanalysis, transference and countertransference, and the philosophy of psychoanalysis, and sets his ideas into contemporary context. Combining a selection of Levenson's own writings with extensive discussion and analysis of his work by Stern and Slomowitz, it provides an invaluable guide to how his most recent, mature ideas may be understood and applied by contemporary psychoanalysts in their own practice.

Auteur

Edgar A. Levenson, M.D, is Fellow Emeritus, Training, Supervisory Analyst and Faculty at the William Alanson White Institute. He is Adjunct Clinical Professor of Psychology at the NYU Graduate Studies Division, Honorary Fellow at the Postgraduate Center for Mental Health, Honorary Member of the American Psychoanalytic Association, Life Fellow of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis, and Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. Winner of the 2006 Mary S. Sigourney Award, he is author of over 110 publications, including Fallacy of Understanding (1972), The Ambiguity of Change (1983) and The Purloined Self (2016).

Alan Slomowitz, Ph.D., is a graduate of the William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis and Psychology. He is a Supervisor of Psychotherapy at the White Institute, on the Editorial Board of Contemporary Psychoanalysis, and the Internet Editor of the Contemporary Psychoanalysis in Action blog. Dr. Slomowitz edited the new release of The Purloined Self (2016) with Dr. Levenson. Dr. Slomowitz is in private practice in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy in New York City.

Contenu

Introduction

Part 1 The unfolding of Interpersonal Psychoanalysis, from Interpersonal Psychiatry to Interpersonal Psychoanalysis

1 An interpersonal therapist (1998)

2 Back to the future: the new psychoanalytic revisionism (1991)

3 Harry Stack Sullivan: from Interpersonal Psychiatry to Interpersonal Psychoanalysis (1992)

4 Shoot the messenger: interpersonal aspects of the analyst's interpretations (1993)

5 A Monopedal version of Interpersonal Psychoanalysis (1995)

6 The last shall be first: some observations on the evolution of interpersonal psychoanalysis (2002)

7 Fifty years of evolving interpersonal psychoanalysis (2006)

Part II Psychoanalytic process

8 Standoffs, impasses, and stalemates (1991)

9 Mistakes, errors, and oversights (1992)

10 Beyond countertransference: aspects of the analyst's desire (1994)

11 Aspects of self-revelation and self-disclosure (1996)

12 Psychoanalytic love and therapeutic despair (2000)

13 On seeing what is said: visual aids to the psychoanalytic process (2003)

14 The enigma of the transference (2009)

15 Psychoanalysis and the rite of refusal (2012)

Part III The philosophy of psychoanalytic theory and practice

16 The uses of disorder: Chaos theory and psychoanalysis (1994)

17 The politics of interpretation (1996)

18 Awareness, insight, and learning (1998)

19 The enigma of the unconscious (2001)

20 Freud's dilemma: on writing Greek and thinking Jewish (2001)

21 Creativity, genius, and divine madness (2001)

22 Oh what a blow that phantom gave me: observations on the rise of virtual desire (2007)

23 Deeper, wider: some comments on the Gill/Bromberg correspondence (2011)

24 Lost in translation (2011)

25 Psychoanalysis, the uncanny, and the banalization of evil (2016)

Epilogue: interview with Edgar Levenson by Irwin Hirsch and Victor Iannuzzi (2005)