Psychoanalysis and the University: Resistance and Renewal from Freud to the Present [Paperback]

1. Psychoanalysis and Education: A Brief History? 2: Psychoanalysis and the Curriculum? 3: Psychoanalysis Among the Disciplines? 4. Psychoanalysis and Pedagogy? 5. Psychoanalysis, the University, and the Professions

This book charts the past and present vicissitudes of psychoanalysiss relation to education and emphasizes on the necessity of its increased presence in university settings.

'Can psychoanalysis ever be part of modern university curricula in ways other academic disciplines take for granted? According to Max Cavitch, psychoanalysis is inseparable from all university activities, even when not recognized as a distinct discipline. Neither activity, psychoanalysis nor higher education, is merely about transmitting facts; both rely upon the power of relationships to impart knowledge to students and teachers alike. So what, to paraphrase D. W. Winnicott, might a pedagogical holding environment look like? After presenting a detailed history of psychoanalytic pedagogy since Freud, Psychoanalysis and the University?offers educators and psychoanalytically-oriented clinicians some thoughtful suggestions to answer that question.'

Jack Drescher, M.D., training and supervising analyst, William Alanson White Institute

'Must we now have a psychoanalysis in ruins for a university in ruins? Max Cavitch makes a compelling argument that now is the moment to rethink what has long been a conflict about where and who should be involved in the training of psychoanalysts and how such training can begin to reshape the very notion of an academic pedagogy within professional as well as liberal arts settings. The right book for the right moment.'

Sander L. Gilman, distinguished professor emeritus of the Liberal Arts and Sciences and professor of psychiatry emeritus, Emory UniverlÓÈ