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Author: Roger Kennedy (Training Analyst, British Psychoanalytical Society, Consultant Child Psychiatrist, The Child and Family Practice, London, UK)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.272kg
ISBN: 9780415710145
ISBN 10: 0415710146
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 05 February 2014
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Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Through an erudite examination of our roots, in terms such as soul , Kennedy convincingly proposes that all of us live in a psychic home. From this intellectual platform, he re-examines the concept of identity in psychoanalysis, tracing it back to the works of Aristotle, then Wordsworth, to Freud. What emerges is a stunningly new and convincing theory of the self that is both moving and inspiring. - Christopher Bollas, psychoanalyst practising in London Roger Kennedy gives fresh meaning to the idea of 'soul', and to the concept of 'home' both externally and as an interior, subjective space. With the concept of a 'home for the soul' he explores the poetry of Wordsworth, and themes such as loneliness, happiness and identity. This is a wonderfully wide-ranging book that reveals in how many ways psychoanalytic thinking can enrich our understanding of life. - Michael Parsons, training analyst for the British Psychoanalytical Society and member of the French Psychoanalytic Association The human soul may be a philosophical outcast, but it remains a psychological reality close to the centre of our being. Kennedy brings his sensitivity as a child-analyst to bear on the task of the soul's rehabilitation. His wise and eloquent book goes a long way to providing the soul with a scientific as well as a spiritual home. - Nicholas Humphrey, Darwin College, Cambridge
Through an erudite examination of our roots, in terms such as soul , Kennedy convincingly proposes that all of us live in a psychic home. From this intellectual platform, he re-examines the concept of identity in psychoanalysis, tracing it back to the works of Aristotle, then Wordsworth, to Freud. What emerges is a stunningly new and convincing theory of the self that is both moving and inspiring. - Christopher Bollas, psychoanalyst practising in Londonã Roger Kennedy gives fresh meaning to the idea of `soul', and to the concept of `home' both externally and as an interior, subjective space. With the concept of a `home for the soul' he explores the poetry of Wordsworth, and themes such as loneliness, happiness and identity. This is a wonderfully wide-ranging book that reveals in how many ways psychoanalytic thinking can enrich our understanding of life. - Michael Parsons, training analyst for the British Psychoanalytical Society and member of the French Psychoanalytic Association The human soul may be a philosophical outcast, but it remains a psychological reality close to the centre of our being. Kennedy brings his sensitivity as a child psychiatrist to bear on the task of the soul's rehabilitation. His wise and eloquent book goes a long way to providing the soul with a scientific as well as a spiritual home. - Nicholas Humphrey, Darwin College, Cambridge
Author Information
Roger Kennedy is a psychoanalyst in private practice and past president, British Psychoanalytical Society. He worked for 30 years as an NHS consultant. He is a child psychiatrist at the Child and Family Practice and at Ashwood Associates. He has published twelve previous books, including Psychoanalysis, History and Subjectivity (Routledge, 2002) and The Many Voices of Psychoanalysis (Routledge, 2007).
