False Self: The Life of Masud Khan
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| Rating | : | 4.87 (701 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1590513037 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 568 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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On many levels this is a difficult if insightful book On many levels this is a difficult if insightful book to read. It is about the emergence of modern psychoanalysis and the role of Masud Khan, who was a driving force in modern psychoanalytic techniques. His personal short comings gave him unique insight into many personality disorders, but those quirks eventually lead to his downfall.. Peter J. said meticulously researched and beautifully written. Makes the British Object Relations school come. Tragic story, meticulously researched and beautifully written. Makes the British Object Relations school come alive, in a de-idealizing way, but enormously impactful. Avery wise perspective on alcoholism, as dealt with or not by psychoanalysis. It is well worth reading the endnotes, which are extensive, as you go along. I hHad forgotten how engrossing a long biography can be. I loved reading this book, couldn't wait to get back to it.
Formerly an associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Temple University Medical School, she is now in full-time private practice at Clinical Associates Main Line in Wayne, Pennsylvania. Linda Hopkins, Ph.D.Linda Hopkins, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis certified analyst.
Khan's subsequent downfall, which is powerfully narrated in this biography, offers interesting insights not only into Khan's psychic fragility but into the world of intrigues and deceptions pervasive in the psychoanalytic community of the time. In telling the story of this provocative man, Linda Hopkins makes use of unprecedented access to a complete copy of Khan's unpublished Work Books, which are quoted extensively. Winner of the 2007 Gradiva Award and the 2006 Goethe Award for Psychoanalytic ScholarshipThe definitive biography of one of the most engaging figures of British psychoanalysis.Both gifted analyst and generational bete noire, M. Masud R. Additionally, she conducted innumerable interviews with Khan's peers, relatives, and analysands in order to provide an in-depth and balanced account of Masud Khan as a talented and deeply conflicted individual.. Notorious for his flamboyant personality and, at first, widely acknowledged as a brilliant clinician, Khan was cl
All rights reserved. She intricately dissects their father-son/analyst-analysand relationship, showing how Winnicott may have failed to address the pathological traits that ultimately destroyed his protégé. Hopkins draws on Khan's extensive journals and correspondence, while quoting from fascinating, often paradoxical accounts by Khan's colleagues, patients, friends and former girlfriends. Depicting the complex impact on Khan of his opulent Indian upbringing, of Winnicott's death in 1971 and of Khan's divorce from star ballerina Svetlana Beriosa, whose drinking probably wors