Diary of a fallen psychoanalyst : the work books of Masud Khan, 1967-1972

"Psychoanalysts have long been aware of the fact that extraordinary intelligence and alarming corruption can co-exist in the same individual. However, the case of Masud Khan is truly extraordinary. He combined erudition and charm with thoroughgoing contempt. The psychoanalytic profession owes a deep debt of gratitude to Steven Kuchuck and Linda Hopkins, who systematically collected Khan's papers so that we can study them for ourselves." Glen O. Gabbard , MD, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine "These beautifully edited Work Books offer a rare glimpse into the mind of a complicated psychoanalyst. We have much to learn from Khan about how to be a human being and, moreover, how not to be." Professor Estela V. Welldon , Emeritus Consultant Psychiatrist in Psychotherapy, Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust Masud Khan (1924-1989), was an eminent and, ultimately, scandalous British psychoanalyst who trained and practised in London during an important period in the development of psychoanalysis. From August 1967 to March 1980, he wrote his 39 volume Work Books, a diary containing observations and reflections on his own life, the world of psychoanalysis, his evolving theoretical formulations, Western culture, and the turbulent social and political developments of the time. In this first volume, readers will find fascinating entries on Khan's colleague and mentor Donald Winnicott and other well-known analysts of the period, including Anna Freud. Also featuring in these pages are leaders in the world of culture and the arts such as Julie Andrews, the Redgraves and Henri Cartier-Bresson. Masud Khan (1924–1989) was an eminent and, ultimately, scandalous Indian-born, British psychoanalyst. From August 1967 to March 1980, he wrote his Work Books, a diary in thirty-nine volumes, containing observations and reflections on his own life, the world of psychoanalysis, his evolving theoretical formulations, Western culture, and the turbulent social and political developments of the time. In this volume, comprising the first fourteen Work Books spanning August 1967 to January 1972, readers will find fascinating entries on Khan's colleague and mentor Donald Winnicott and other well-known analysts of the period, including Anna Freud. Khan's unique charm extended to celebrity social circles, with cultural figures such as Julie Andrews, the Redgraves, and Henri Cartier-Bresson featuring in these pages of his diary. This unique, first-person account of a particularly fertile period of European and American intellectual and cultural society is an absolute must-read for those interested in psychoanalysis, history, or biography. TITLE PAGE CONTENTS DEDICATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FOREWORD by Professor Brett Kahr PREFACE by Linda Hopkins and Steven Kuchuck NOTE TO THE READER I – WORK BOOK: 14 August 1967 — 20 August 1968 II – WORK BOOK: 20 August 1968 — 10 April 1969 III – WORK BOOK: 12 April 1969 — 29 June 1969 IV – WORK BOOK: 1 July 1969 — 17 August 1969 V – WORK BOOK: 17 August 1969 — 13 October 1969 VI – WORK BOOK: 15 October 1969 — 23 February 1970 VII – WORK BOOK: 23 February 1970 — 15 April 1970 VIII – WORK BOOK: 15 April 1970 — 15 August 1970 IX – WORK BOOK: 15 August 1970 — 26 October 1970 X – WORK BOOK: 27 October 1970 — 26 December 1970 XI – WORK BOOK: 26 December 1970 — 7 March 1971 XII – WORK BOOK: 7 March 1971 — 5 May 1971 XIII – WORK BOOK: 6 May 1971 — 25 July 1971 XIV – WORK BOOK: 25 July 1971 — 26 January 1972 INDEX COPYRIGHT "Masud Khan (1924-1989), was an eminent and, ultimately, scandalous British psychoanalyst who trained and practised in London during an important period in the development of psychoanalysis. From August 1967 to March 1980, he wrote his 39 volume Work Books, a diary containing observations and reflections on his own life, the world of psychoanalysis, his evolving theoretical formulations, Western culture, and the turbulent social and political developments of the time.In this first volume, readers will find fascinating entries on Khan's colleague and mentor Donald Winnicott and other well-known analysts of the period, including Anna Freud. Also featuring in these pages are leaders in the world of culture and the arts such as Julie Andrews, the Redgraves and Henri Cartier-Bresson" -- Publisher's description