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In The Fallacy of Understanding (1972) and The Ambiguity of Change (1983), Edgar Levenson elaborated the many ways in which the psychoanalyst and the patient interact - unconsciously, continuously, inevitably. For Levenson, it was impossible for the analyst not to interact with the patient, and the therapeutic power of analysis derived from the analyst's ability to step back from the interactive embroilment (and the mutual enactments to which it led) and to reflect with the patient on what each was doing to, and with, the other. Invariably, Levenson found, the analyst-analysand interaction reprised patterns of experience that typified the analysand's early family relationships. The reconceptualization of the analyst-analysand relationship and of the manner in which the analytic process unfolded would become foundational to contemporary interpersonal and relational approaches to psychoanalysis and psychotherapy. But Levenson's perspective was revolutionary at the time of its initial formulation in The Fallacy of Understanding and remained so at the time of its fuller elaboration in The Ambiguity of Change. The Analytic Press is pleased to reprint within the Psychoanalysis in a New Key Book Beries two works that have proven influential in the realignment of psychoanalytic thought and practice away from Freudian drive theory and toward a contemporary appreciation of clinical process in its interactive, enactive, and participatory dimensions. Newly introduced by series editor Donnel Stern, The Fallacy of Understanding and The Ambiguity of Change are richly deserving of the designation ""contemporary classics"" of psychoanalysis.

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Author:   Edgar Levenson (Edgar Levenson, Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis, USA)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.800kg
ISBN:  

9781138148352

ISBN 10:   1138148350
Pages:   440
Publication Date:   08 August 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Stern, Introduction. The Fallacy of Understanding. Introduction: The Time-Bound Nature of Psychoanalytic Truth. ""Things Fade: Alternatives Exclude"" - Psychoanalytic Theory in Flux. Reviving the Ancient Search for Truth as Relevancy. Structuralism: A Modern Version of that Archaic Inquiry. The Paradigm: Pervasive Model of Change in Time. The Changing Model of Psychoanalytic Theory. The Changing Model of the Psychoanalytic Patient. From Anna O To Portnoy: A Perspectivist Reassessment. The Emergence of the Young Adult as Man of His Times. Dropping Out: Contemporary Psychopathology. Treating the Dropout: The Politics of Concern. Clinical Elaborations: The Choreography of Psychotherapy. ""They Became What They Beheld"": Transformation Elaborated. Focusing the Therapy Issues. Conclusion: Summary and Feeble Prognostications. The Ambiguity of Change. Introduction. Freud's Choice: Facts or Fiction. The Oedipus Myth: Conflict or Mystery. Psycholigical Process: Dynamics or Semiotics. The Symptom as Meaning: Intrapsychic vs. Interpersonal Perspectives. Praxis: The Common Ground of Therapy. Praxis: The Field of Play. Praxis: Uses of the Transference. Psychoanalysis: Cure or Persuasion. The Moral Posture: Sincerity or Authenticity. Models of the Mind: Landscape or Network . Harry Stack Sullivan: The Web and the Spider. Object Relations Theory: Bridge or Bypass. Conclusion."

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