pt. 1. Theory and applications. Freud's theories and their contemporary variations -- Psychoanalytic object relations theories -- Concept of drive in the light of contemporary psychoanalytic theorizing -- Unresolved issues in the psychoanalytictheory of homosexuality and bisexuality -- "Mourning and Melancholia" revisited -- Resistances to research in psychoanalysis -- Authoritarianism, culture, and personality in psychoanalytic education -- Concerned critique of psychoanalytic education -- Some proposed complementary solutions to the problems of psychoanalytic education -- Sanctioned social violence : a psychoanalytic view -- Some psychoanalytic contributions to the prevention of socially sanctioned violence -- pt. 2. Technique. Listening in psychoanalysis : the importance of not understanding -- Analyst's authority in the psychoanalytic situation -- Validation in the clinical process -- Interpretation of the transference (with particular reference to Merton Gill's contribution) -- Influence of the gender of patient and analyst on the psychoanalytic relationship -- Convergences and divergences in contemporary psychoanalytic technique -- Recent developments in the technical approaches of English-language psychoanalytic schools
Summary
Otto Kernberg reviews some of the recent developments and controversies in psychoanalytictheory and technique
