This volume is the first concentrated effort to offer a philosophical critique of relational and intersubjective perspectives in contemporary psychoanalytic thought. The distinguished group of scholars and clinicians assembled here are largely preoccupied with tracing the theoretical underpinnings of relational psychoanalysis, its divergence from traditional psychoanalytic paradigms, implications for clinical reform and therapeutic practice, and its intersection with alternative psychoanalytic approaches that are co-extensive with the relational turn. Because relational and intersubjective perspectives have not been properly critiqued from within their own schools of discourse, many of the contributors assembled here subject advocates of the American Middle School to a thorough critique of their theoretical assumptions, limitations, and practices. If not for any other reason, this project is of timely significance for the field of psychoanalysis and the competing psychotherapies because it attempts to address the philosophical undergirding of the relational movement.

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Edited by Jon Mills - Contributions by Roger Frie; Bruce Ries; M Guy Thompson; Jon Frederickson; Peter L. Giova...

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Chapter 1 Intersubjectivity: From Theory Through Practice
Chapter 2 Phenomenology of Intersubjectivity: An Historical Overview and its Clinical Implications
Chapter 3 The Problem of Relationality
Chapter 4 Subjectivity and the Ephemeral Mind
Chapter 5 Object Relations and Intersubjectivity
Chapter 6 Creation and Discovery in the Psychoanalytic Process
Chapter 7 Moral Deliberation and Relationality in the Analytic Dyad
Chapter 8 Somnolence in the Therapeutic Encounter
Chapter 9 Where Do We Go From Here? Relational Psychoanalysis, Intersubjectivity, and the Struggle Against Positivism
Chapter 10 Relational Perspectives and the Strong Adaptive Paradigm of Communicative Psychoanalysis
Chapter 11 The Autobiographical Dialogue in the Dialogue Between Analysts
Chapter 12 Process Psychology
Chapter 13 Psychoanalysis the Relational Turn and Philosophy