Psychoanalytic Explorations
About the Book Series
The Psychoanalytic Explorations series draws together research, theory and practice from within the field of psychoanalysis, enhancing our understanding of key challenges and facilitate ongoing academic debate.
Please send inquiries or proposals for this series to one of the following:
AnnaMary Goodall: [email protected]– Editor, UK, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East
Kirsty Hardwick: [email protected] – Editor, North & South America
Vilija Stephens: [email protected] – Editor, Australia & New Zealand
Katie Peace: [email protected] – Publisher, Asia
Psychoanalytic Readings of Hawthorne’s Romances: Narratives of Unconscious Crisis and Transformation
1st Edition
By David B. Diamond
January 09, 2023
Offering innovative, psychoanalytic readings of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s four romances, this volume systematically applies Freudian theory to present significant new insights into the psychology of Hawthorne’s characters and their fates. By critically examining scenes in which the protagonists ...
Neuroscience, Psychotherapy and Clinical Pragmatism: Reflective Practice and Therapeutic Action
1st Edition
By William Borden
September 26, 2022
This volume explores how the principles and values of pragmatic philosophy serve as orienting perspectives for critical thinking in contemporary psychotherapy and clinical practice. Drawing on the contributions of William James and John Dewey, Neuroscience, Psychotherapy, and Clinical Pragmatism&...
Psychoanalytic Studies of the Work of Adam Smith: Towards a Theory of Moral Development and Social Relations
1st Edition
By Sule Ozler, Paul Gabrinetti
January 23, 2019
Psychoanalytic Studies of the Work of Adam Smith blends the rich intellectual heritage of the hermeneutic tradition with the methods and concepts of psychoanalysis, in order to examine the seminal works of Adam Smith. This is the first book on Smith to analyse the works of the groundbreaking moral ...
Wish-fulfilment in Philosophy and Psychoanalysis: The tyranny of desire
1st Edition
By Tamas Pataki
March 29, 2018
Wish-fulfilment as a singular means of satisfying ineluctable desire is a pivotal concept in classical psychoanalysis. Freud argued that it was the thread that united dreams, daydreams, phantasy, omnipotent thinking, neurotic and some psychotic symptoms such as hallucinations and delusions, art, ...
The Unconscious: A bridge between psychoanalysis and cognitive neuroscience
1st Edition
Edited
By Marianne Leuzinger-Bohleber, Simon Arnold, Mark Solms
March 12, 2018
The Unconscious explores the critical interdisciplinary dialogue between psychoanalysis and contemporary cognitive neuroscience. Characterised by Freud as ‘the science of the unconscious mind’, psychoanalysis has traditionally been viewed as a solely psychological discipline. However recent ...
Psychoanalytic Treatment in Adults: A longitudinal study of change
1st Edition
By Rosemary Cogan, John H. Porcerelli
December 21, 2017
The outcomes of psychoanalysis, as with other psychotherapies, vary considerably. Psychoanalytic Treatment in Adults examines the results of a longitudinal study of change during psychoanalysis, illuminating the characteristics of patients, analysts and analyses which can help to predict outcomes ...
The Heart of Man’s Destiny: Lacanian Psychoanalysis and Early Reformation Thought
1st Edition
By Herman Westerink
December 20, 2016
Can Luther's writings inform us on the fundamental questions of Freudian psychoanalysis? Does an intellectual filiation between early Reformation thought and psychoanalysis exist? Does Lacanian psychoanalysis offer an instrument for analysing theological writings? In The Heart of Man's Destiny, ...
Environmental Melancholia: Psychoanalytic dimensions of engagement
1st Edition
By Renee Lertzman
December 02, 2016
In this groundbreaking book, Renee Lertzman applies psychoanalytic theory and psychosocial research to the issue of public engagement and public apathy in response to chronic ecological threats. By highlighting unconscious and affective dimensions of contemporary ecological issues, Lertzman ...