Recounts and explores the disappointing and sometimes tragic evolutions of the treatments of certain patients who are resistant to the effects of analytic work. This book reports cases taken from the author's own experience and that of his collaborators.
The author, a French psychoanalyst and thinker, draws attention to the work of the negative in Freud, examining aspects such as dream works and the work of mourning. The "work of the negative" refers to how we cope, or do not cope, with the inevitability of lacking what we want.
In Love and Its Vicissitudes, Andre Green and Gregorio Kohon draw on their extensive experience to produce an insightful contribution to the psychoanalytic understanding of love
This unique contemporary perspective will fascinate all those with an interest in tackling the fragmentation which has led to the current 'crisis of psychoanalysis' and opportunities for the future development of the field.
A small discussion group of noteworthy analysts of the International Psychoanalytical Association, coming from all the theoretical... Læs mere
What drives men to kill and self-destruct? André Green traces the introduction and development of the controversial concept of the “death drive”, from the work of... Læs mere
Andre Green demonstrates how human sexuality forms an 'erotic chain', deploring the absence of sexuality and the erotic from current psychoanalytic... Læs mere
The third book in the Winnicott Clinic Lecture Series contains a lecture from the author on Winnicott's theory on play. He discusses Winnicott's view on the importance of play and then moves on to presenting his own, somewhat contradictory, view on it.
A seminal work on one of the most neglected topics in psychoanalysis, that of affect. Originally published in French as Le Discours Vivant, it is considered a classic in the psychoanalytic world.
André Green revisits the very foundations of the analytic method. He traces a new map of the psychoanalytic field and proposes a contemporary clinical approach... Læs mere