{"product_id":"self-analysis-critical-inquiries-personal-visions-9781138872417","title":"Self-Analysis: Critical Inquiries, Personal Visions","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): James W. Barron\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Psychotherapy - Psychoanalysis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSelf-Analysis\u003c\/em\u003e is a fascinating reprise on the mode of disciplined self-inquiry that gave rise to psychoanalysis. From Freud's pioneering self-analytic efforts onward, self-analysis has been central to psychoanalytic training and psychoanalytic practice. Yet, only in recent years have analysts turned their attention to this wellspring of Freud's creation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe contributors to \u003cem\u003eSelf-Analysis\u003c\/em\u003e represent diverse theoretical perspectives, but they share a common appreciation of the importance of self-analysis to the analytic endeavor. Their papers encompass systematic inquiries into the capacity for self-analysis, examples of self-analysis as an aspect of clinical work, and personal reflections on the role of self-analysis in professional growth. Among the questions explored: What do we mean by self-analysis? To what extent and under what conditions is self-analysis possible? How does it differ from ordinary introspection? What are the developmental antecedents of the capacity for self-analysis? What is the role of the \"other\" in self-analysis? What are the relationships among self-analysis, writing, and creativity? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Barron observes, the contributors to the book \"grapple with the formidable ambiguities of self-analysis without either idealizing or devaluing its potential.\" What emerges from their effort is not only an illuminating window into the psychoanalyst's subjectivity as a fact of clinical life, but a far-reaching exemplification of the ways in which self-understanding is always a constitutive part of our understanding of others. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45237059846295,"sku":"9781138872417","price":4071.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781138872417.webp?v=1769215489","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/self-analysis-critical-inquiries-personal-visions-9781138872417","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}