The Quiet Revolution In American Psychoanalysis: Selected Papers Of Arnold M. Cooper (the New Library Of Psychoanalysis)

This book brings together for the first time in one volume selected papers by one of the leading contemporary intellectual figures in the field of psychoanalysis, Arnold M. Cooper M.D. Cooper has addressed every aspect of American psychoanalytic life: theory, clinical work, education, research, the interface with neighboring disciplines, and the institutional life of the profession. In these papers, he both documents and critiques what he calls a 'Quiet Revolution' following the death of Freud, in the way psychoanalysis is conceived: as a science, as a theory of mental life, as a treatment, as a profession. Throughout his professional life, the process of change has fascinated Cooper. His own contributions to psychoanalytic clinical theory have changed our understanding of work with patients to include a greater appreciation of narcissistic and pre-oedipal themes in development and of the human encounter embedded in the psychoanalytic situation. His progressive leadership in our educational and professional organizations has done much to promote change toward greater self-examination and tolerance of new ideas, and indeed, to create the conditions that make change possible. Above all, Cooper's unique ability to observe and reflect upon the process of change, recorded here in papers selected from over 150 written in the years between 1947 and 2002, has helped make Cooper the guide to whom psychoanalysts repeatedly turn to understand not only where, but even what, psychoanalysis is. Preliminaries......Page 1 CONTENTS......Page 8 1 The impact on clinical work of the analyst’s idealizations and AND IDENTIFICATIONS*......Page 24 2 Psychoanalytic inquiry and new knowledge (1980/1983)......Page 34 3 Psychoanalysis at one hundred......Page 47 4 Psychoanalysis today......Page 62 5 Comments on Freud’s ‘Analysis terminable and interminable’......Page 74 6 Will neurobiology influence psychoanalysis? (1984/1985)......Page 92 7 Infant research and adult psychoanalysis (1988/1989)......Page 106 8 Psychotherapy and psychoanalysis:The same or different? (1990)......Page 114 9 Discussion on empirical research (1993)......Page 122 10 The narcissistic–masochistic character (1973/1988)......Page 132 11 The unusually painful analysis......Page 151 12 What men fear:The façade of castration anxiety (1985/1986)......Page 161 13 The unconscious core of perversion (1989/1991)......Page 174 14 Paranoia:A part of most analyses (1991/1993)......Page 188 15 Some limitations on therapeutic effectiveness......Page 204 16 Difficulties in beginning the candidate’s first analytic case (1985)......Page 218 17 Changes in psychoanalytic ideas......Page 223 18 Some thoughts on how therapy does and doesn’t work (1989)......Page 238 19 Formulations to the patient: explicit and implicit (1994/1995)......Page 254 Arnold M. Cooper bibliography......Page 272 References......Page 280 Behavioral Sciences Preliminaries 1 CONTENTS 8 1 The impact on clinical work of the analyst’s idealizations and AND IDENTIFICATIONS* 24 2 Psychoanalytic inquiry and new knowledge (1980/1983) 34 3 Psychoanalysis at one hundred 47 4 Psychoanalysis today 62 5 Comments on Freud’s ‘Analysis terminable and interminable’ 74 6 Will neurobiology influence psychoanalysis? (1984/1985) 92 7 Infant research and adult psychoanalysis (1988/1989) 106 8 Psychotherapy and psychoanalysis:The same or different? (1990) 114 9 Discussion on empirical research (1993) 122 10 The narcissistic–masochistic character (1973/1988) 132 11 The unusually painful analysis 151 12 What men fear:The façade of castration anxiety (1985/1986) 161 13 The unconscious core of perversion (1989/1991) 174 14 Paranoia:A part of most analyses (1991/1993) 188 15 Some limitations on therapeutic effectiveness 204 16 Difficulties in beginning the candidate’s first analytic case (1985) 218 17 Changes in psychoanalytic ideas 223 18 Some thoughts on how therapy does and doesn’t work (1989) 238 19 Formulations to the patient: explicit and implicit (1994/1995) 254 Arnold M. Cooper bibliography 272 References 280 "Cooper has addressed every aspect of American psychoanalytic life: theory, clinical work, education, research, the interface with neighboring disciplines, and the institutional life of the professions. In these papers, he both documents and critiques what he calls a 'Quiet Revolution,' following the death of Freud, in the way psychoanalysis is conceived: as a science, as a theory of mental life, as a treatment, as a profession."--BOOK JACKET

the Selected Papers Of One Of The Leading Intellectual Figures In Psychoanalysis, Arnold M. Cooper M.d., Record His Unique Ability To Reflect Upon The Process Of Change And Help Us Understand Not Only Where, But Even What, Psychoanalysis Is.

The aim of this book is to bring together for the first time in one volume selected papers by one of the leading intellectual figures in the field of psychoanalysis in the last quarter of the twentieth century, Arnold M. Cooper. Psychoanalysis has been a profession in which overt idealization and identification have perhaps been more prominent and problematic than in any other profession.