The definitive history of a century of psychoanalytic thought ldquo;Absolutely crucial in reformulating the psychoanalytic project to meet the intellectual and emotional demands upon it a century after its birth.rdquo; mdash;The#160;Guardian Sigmund Freud#39;s concepts have become a part of our psychological vocabulary: unconscious thoughts and feelings, the meaning of dreams, the sensuality of childhood. But psychoanalytic thinking has undergone an enormous expansion and transformation since Freud#39;s death in 1939. Clinicians and theorists have challenged the major pillars of Freud#39;s foundational theory, adopting a more collaborative version of psychoanalysis. With Freud and Beyond, Stephen A. Mitchell and Margaret J. Black embrace these changes and narrate the unfolding story of twentieth century psychoanalysismdash;from Harry Stack Sullivan to Jacques Lacan; D.W. Winnicott to Melanie Kleinmdash;introducing the full scope of contemporary psychoanalytic thought to general readers for the first time. A classic in its field, Freud and Beyond also covers twenty first century advances in psychoanalysis, from challenges to traditional Freudian analysis to dynamic new approaches to Freud#39;s key concepts. Richly illustrated with case examples, this lively, jargon-free primer makes modern psychoanalytic thought accessible to all.
