Tradition, Change, Creativity: Repercussions of the New Diaspora on aspects of British Psychoanalysis [Hardcover]

A companion volume to It is a New Kind of Diaspora. Taking up where that book leaves off, it traces some of the consequences of the emigration of German and Austrian psychoanalysts to London, particularly in the context of the British Psycho-Analytical Society's Controversial Discussions . The first part of the book, Tradition and Change tracesPreface -- Tradition and change -- The FreudKlein Controversial Discussions (19411945) -- Issues emerging from the FreudKlein Controversies: Vienna/London -- Introduction -- Clinical, theoretical, and epistemological themes -- The Viennese psychoanalytic baby -- Sigmund Freud: a child of his own age -- The complex psychoanalytic parenthood of Melanie Klein's London baby -- An ideal nursery and a commitment of empathic relatives -- The emergence of the indigenous (British) psychoanalytic baby -- Conclusion -- Cultural context and applied psychoanalysis -- Hanna Segal's approach to creativity and aestheticsA companion volume to 'It is a new kind of Diaspora', taking up where that book leaves off, it traces some of the consequences of the emigration of German and Austrian psychoanalysts to London, particularly in the context of the British Psycho-Analytical Society's 'Controversial Discussions'.USCopyright ? 2000 Riccardo Steiner