Reason and Passion: A Celebration of the Work of Hanna Segal

by David Bell

Overview

This book provides an account of Hanna Segal's contributions to psychoanalytic theory and practice and gives a picture of her as a person. It covers mainly on clinical and theoretical aspects of psychoanalysis.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780429918414
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/08/2018
Series:	ISSN
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

David Bell

Table of Contents

Preface -- Foreword -- Introductory Essay -- Symbol Formation and Creativity -- Unprovoked Assaults -- Putting the Boot In -- Meaning and Meaningfulness -- Expiation As a Defence -- On Remembering, Repeating and Working Through -- Blocked Introjection/Blocked Incorporation -- Enclaves and Excursions -- ‘Where There Is No Vision’ -- Select Bibliography of the Work of Hanna Segal

Editorial Reviews

'It is a passionate book and should be a good buy for any psychotherapist interested in Segal's work.' - Clinical Psychology Forum 132

'Each [chapter] is a worthwhile contribution that will give readers something to think about.Taken together, all the papers in the book make a fitting tribute to a towering figure in the evolution of Kleinian thought and a major contributor to the shaping of contemporary psuchoanalysis.' - Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association

'Invaluable for situating Segal's work in its broader intellectual context.' - Critical and Cultural Theory

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