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Psychoanalysis: The Impossible Profession

by Janet Malcolm · 1982 · 192 pages

Malcolm Gladwell
Malcolm Gladwell
Recommended by 1 elite

Recommended by 1 Elite

Malcolm Gladwell

About This Book

An investigation into the practice of modern psychoanalysis conducted through a series of intensive interviews with a New York analyst pseudonymously named Aaron Green. The text examines the history of Freudian theory, the internal politics of analytic institutes, and the complex interpersonal dynamics of the 'talking cure.'

Book Details

Published

1982

Pages

192

Language

en

ISBN

9780394710341

Awards & Recognition

National Book Award Finalist (1982)

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