A Psychotherapy for the People: Toward a Progressive Psychoanalysis (Relational Perspectives Book Series)

**How did psychoanalysis come to define itself as being different from psychotherapy? How have racism, homophobia, misogyny and anti-Semitism converged in the creation of psychotherapy and psychoanalysis? Is psychoanalysis psychotherapy? Is psychoanalysis a "Jewish science"?** Inspired by the progressive and humanistic origins of psychoanalysis, **Lewis Aron** and **Karen Starr** pursue Freud's call for psychoanalysis to be a "psychotherapy for the people." They present a cultural history focusing on how psychoanalysis has always defined itself in relation to an "other." At first, that other was hypnosis and suggestion; later it was psychotherapy. The authors trace a series of binary oppositions, each defined hierarchically, which have plagued the history of psychoanalysis. Tracing reverberations of racism, anti-Semitism, misogyny, and homophobia, they show that psychoanalysis, associated with phallic masculinity, penetration, heterosexuality, autonomy, and culture, was defined in opposition to suggestion and psychotherapy, which were seen as promoting dependence, feminine passivity, and relationality. **Aron and Starr** deconstruct these dichotomies, leading the way for a return to Freud's progressive vision, in which psychoanalysis, defined broadly and flexibly, is revitalized for a new era. __A Psychotherapy for the People__ will be of interest to psychotherapists, psychoanalysts, clinical psychologists, psychiatrists--and their patients--and to those studying feminism, cultural studies and Judaism. Introduction: A Psychotherapy For The People -- Binaries, Polarities, And Thirds -- Guilt And Shame -- Treatment And Care -- Psychoanalysis In Uniform -- Psychoanalysis As War Hero -- Psychoanalysis As Holocaust Survivor -- Psychoanalysis Versus Psychotherapy: Definition Via Binary Opposition -- Comic Book Crusaders: Psychoanalysis As Superhero -- Charcot And Bernheim: Origins Of Intrapsychic And Relational Models Of Mind -- Women On The Couch: Genital Stimulation And The Birth Of Psychoanalysis -- Freud's Anti-semitic Surround -- The Right To Pass: Psychoanalysis Jewish Identity -- Universalizing The Jewish Problem. Lewis Aron And Karen Starr. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [403]-430) And Index. This book discusses redefining psychoanalysis in relation to psychotherapy, modifying psychoanalytic education, and recognizing its continued biases.