Freud and the Buddha

This book investigates what psychoanalysis and Buddhism can learn from each other, and offers chapters by a Buddhist scholar, a psychiatrist-author, and a number of leading psychoanalysts. It begins with a discussion of the basic understanding of both psychoanalysis and Buddhism.

Informationen zum Autor Axel Hoffer, MD, is a Training and Supervising Analyst in Boston and Associate Professor of Psychiatry (part-time) at the Harvard Medical School. He won the 'Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association' prize for his paper 'Toward a definition of psychoanalytic neutrality.' He has also written the Foreword to Freud's monograph 'A Phylogenetic Fantasy', and the Introduction to the second volume of the Freud-Ferenczi Correspondence. He has lectured and supervised in the United States, Europe, Eastern Europe, Russia and Israel. Klappentext This book investigates what psychoanalysis and Buddhism can learn from each other, and offers chapters by a Buddhist scholar, a psychiatrist-author, and a number of leading psychoanalysts. It begins with a discussion of the basic understanding of both psychoanalysis and Buddhism. Zusammenfassung This book investigates what psychoanalysis and Buddhism can learn from each other, and offers chapters by a Buddhist scholar, a psychiatrist-author, and a number of leading psychoanalysts. It begins with a discussion of the basic understanding of both psychoanalysis and Buddhism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword , Introduction , Preamble , The origins and fundamentals of psychoanalysis , It's not just about the mindfulness: foundations of Buddhist thought and why it matters for psychoanalysis , Crosscurrents , The practice of psychoanalysis and Buddhism , Buddhist psychology: a work in process , On the seashore of endless worlds: Buddha and Winnicott , Faust, Mephistopheles and attachment: discussion of Mark Epstein's chapter-"On the seashore of endless worlds: Buddha and Winnicott" , A clinical encounter: mind without walls , My lives in psychoanalysis and Buddhism , Concluding Reflections , Controversies and the potential for mutual enrichment

Autorentext
Axel Hoffer, MD, is a Training and Supervising Analyst in Boston and Associate Professor of Psychiatry (part-time) at the Harvard Medical School. He won the 'Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association' prize for his paper 'Toward a definition of psychoanalytic neutrality.' He has also written the Foreword to Freud's monograph 'A Phylogenetic Fantasy', and the Introduction to the second volume of the Freud-Ferenczi Correspondence. He has lectured and supervised in the United States, Europe, Eastern Europe, Russia and Israel.

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Foreword , Introduction , Preamble , The origins and fundamentals of psychoanalysis , It's not just about the mindfulness: foundations of Buddhist thought and why it matters for psychoanalysis , Crosscurrents , The practice of psychoanalysis and Buddhism , Buddhist psychology: a work in process , On the seashore of endless worlds: Buddha and Winnicott , Faust, Mephistopheles and attachment: discussion of Mark Epstein's chapter-"On the seashore of endless worlds: Buddha and Winnicott" , A clinical encounter: mind without walls , My lives in psychoanalysis and Buddhism , Concluding Reflections , Controversies and the potential for mutual enrichment