Textbook of Applied Psychoanalysis

Salman Akhtar, MD, was born in India and completed his medical and psychiatric education there. Upon arriving in the USA in 1973, he repeated his psychiatric training at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, and then obtained psychoanalytic training from the Philadelphia Psychoanalytic Institute. Currently, he is Professor of Psychiatry at Jefferson Medical College and a training and supervising analyst at the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia. He has authored, edited or co-edited more than 300 publications including books on psychiatry and psychoanalysis and several collections of poetry. He is also a Scholar-in-Residence at the Inter-Act Theatre Company in Philadelphia. Salman Akhtar received the Sigourney Award in 2012. Stuart W. Twemlow, MD is medical director of the Hope Program, director of the Peaceful Schools and Communities Project of the Child and Family Program, the Menninger Clinic; professor of psychiatry of the Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine; and faculty member of the Houston-Galveston Psychoanalytic Institute.

International Acclaim! Akhtar and Twemlow’s Textbook of Applied Psychoanalysis is an original, courageous and extremely useful volume for psychoanalysts and non- psychoanalysts alike. They have brought together forty four distinguished contributors to tackle a wide variety of topics. These experts elucidate the customary concerns of applied psychoanalysis such as fiction, painting, sculpture, music and photography and also explore contemporary issues including migration, poverty, terrorism, cyber -psychology, and inter-ethnic conflict. This is an important book indeed.Marilia Aisenstein (France)This wonderful collection of essays creates new bridges between psychoanalysis and other cultural fields while assuring that the conceptual traffic remains interdisciplinary and bi-directional. The innovative and openminded vision of its editors, the unexpected variety and broad range of areas covered, and the scientific prestige of the contributors will deservedly attract and influence a wide international readership. Stefano Bolognini (Italy)At last we have the definitive book on the psychoanalytic understanding of diverse cultural phenomena and vexing social issues. In covering an astonishing range of themes ‒ from fine and performing arts to biology, from human sciences to society and politics ‒ this encyclopedic volume becomes an invaluable guide for everyone who wants to know what the best of contemporary psychoanalysis has to offer outside the clinic.Sudhir Kakar (India)This book is an all-encompassing attempt to apply the conceptual tools of psychoanalysis to enhance our understanding of various cultural and sociopolitical aspects of human life. It is unique since it is firmly anchored in psychoanalytic theory and yet exemplifies a genuine effort at interdisciplinary collaboration. It is a timely and highly relevant book for all.Ilany Kogan (Israel)Salman Akhtar and Stuart Twemlow have created much more than the most complete volume about psychoanalysis and its contributions to the arts, literature, neuroscience, the social sciences, and critical social issues facing humankind today. They make the overdue case that psychoanalysis has much to offer and learn from other fields while enriching its own unique set of ideas. Readers will be in awe and feel grateful. Mark D. Smaller (United States)

• FOREWORD BY OTTO F. KERNBERGINTRODUCTION Part I: Psychoanalysis and Cultural Understanding of Mankind CHAPTER ONE Anthropology Robert PaulCHAPTER TWO Religion James Lomax and Nathan CarlinCHAPTER THREE Philosophy Douglas KirsnerCHAPTER FOUR History Henry Zvi LothaneCHAPTER FIVE Large Group Identity Vamik D. VolkanCHAPTER SIX Minorities Salman AkhtarCHAPTER SEVEN Community and Community Psychoanalysis Stuart W. TwemlowPart II: Psychoanalysis, Biology, and the Human BodyCHAPTER EIGHT: Evolutionary Psychology Kathryn Baselice and J. Anderson Thomson, Jr.CHAPTER NINE Medicine Julian Stern CHAPTER TEN Neuropsychoanalysis Charles Fisher and Richard KesslerCHAPTER ELEVEN Sports Michael BrearleyPart III: Psychoanalysis and Societal TurbulenceCHAPTER TWELVE Poverty Neil AltmanCHAPTER THIRTEEN Migration Salman AkhtarCHAPTER FOURTEEN Race, Ethnicity, and Inter-Group Conflict Ricardo Ainslie CHAPTER FIFTEEN Prejudice Salman AkhtarCHAPTER SIXTEEN Terror and Terrorism John, Lord AlderdiceCHAPTER SEVENTEEN Childhood trauma Steven MaransCHAPTER EIGHTEEN School Bullying Stuart W. Twemlow, Frank C. Sacco, and Tanya BennettCHAPTER NINETEEN Violence James GilliganPart IV: Psychoanalysis and Social PraxisCHAPTER TWENTY Education Jonathan CohenCHAPTER TWENTY-ONE Consultation to Organizations William Myerson, Harriet Wolfe, Larry Hirschhorn, Daniel Myerson, and Ernest Fruge CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO Health Policy James C. Pyles and Robert L. PylesCHAPTER TWENTY-THREE Negotiation Kimberlyn LearyCHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR Prevention in Mental Health Henri Parens, Marianne Leuzinger-Bohleber and Karl-Heinz BrischCHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE Cyberpsychology John SulerPart V: Psychoanalysis and Fine ArtsCHAPTER TWENTY-SIX Painting Mary WrightCHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN Sculpture Harvey GiesbrechtCHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT Photography Joseph LichtenbergCHAPTER TWENTY-NINE Architecture Bethany J. Hamilton, Elizabeth Danze, and Stephen M. SonnenbergCHAPTER THIRTY Poetry Eugene J. MahonCHAPTER THIRTY-ONE Fiction Stanley CoenPart VI: Psychoanalysis and Performing ArtsCHAPTER THIRTY-TWO Music Julie Jaffee NagelCHAPTER THIRTY-THREE Theatre Jill Savege ScharffCHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR Dance Ann SmolenCHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE Cinema Bruce Sklarew