Kohut, Loewald, and the Postmoderns: A Comparative Study of Self and Relationship (Psychoanalytic Inquiry Book)

Product description Review "Judith Teicholz has made a major contribution to the psychodynamic literature. Her capacity to grasp the essential ingredients of Kohut's and Loewald's thought and to illuminate the anticipations of postmodernism embedded in their work is remarkable for its scholarship and clarity and also for the passion with which she conveys he discoveries. Her critique of postmodern psychoanalytic writers, whom she places in a useful historical context, is lucid and noteworthy for its synthesis of many ingredients of psychoanalytic thought over the past 40 years. Dr. Teicholz also defines the changes in her own subjectivity which occurred as she worked on this project, thereby illustrating an important aspect of her exposition of postmodernism. It is indeed a remarkable experience to read a volume of such depth and scholarship that is simultaneously difficult to put down."- Gerald Adler, M.D., Boston Psychoanalytic Institute"In Kohut, Loewald, and the Postmoderns Judith Teicholz not only shines a light at the end of the tunnel of relational theories and theoreticians, but electrifies the whole tunnel. With an uncanny grasp of the evolution of psychoanalytic ideas, crystal-clear writing, and astonishing fair-mindedness, she lays bare the psychoanalytic panorama that has emerged over the past 30 years. Kohut and Loewald become the precursors and backdrop for the cohort of postmodern authors: Aron, Benjamin, Hoffman, Mitchell, and Renik. All these authors have profoundly affected contemporary psychoanalytic practice. Teicholz's careful dissection of their contributions thus deepens our understanding of the theoretical and clinical juncture at which the field has now arrived."- Frank M. Lachmann, Ph.D., Founding Faculty, Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity"A splendid book written with verve and sensitivity. This is probably the best exposition available of 'postmodern' psychoanalysis."- Arnold Modell, M.D., Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School About the Author Judith G. Teicholz