1st Edition

No Ordinary Psychoanalyst The Exceptional Contributions of John Rickman

By John Rickman, Pearl King Copyright 2003
    382 Pages
    by Routledge

    382 Pages
    by Routledge

    The author had a deep impact on psychoanalysis, combining a deep knowledge thereof with an avid interest in social psychology, to the benefit of both. He was a fresh thinker, always innovative, with an extensive range of interests. This is an affectionate, incisive, intelligent paean to one of the greats of psychoanalysis.

    Foreword , Introduction , Observations on Psychoanalytic Theory and Technique , Developments in psychoanalysis, 1896-1947 , Experimental psychology and psychoanalysis: a comparison of the techniques , Scientific method and psychoanalysis , Number and the human sciences , The Interpersonal and Intra-Psychic Dynamics of the Interview Situation , First aid in psychotherapy , The psychiatric interview in the social setting of a War Office Selection Board , The influence of the social field on behaviour in the interview situation , The technique of interviewing in anthropology and psychoanalysis , Disruptive Forces in Group Relations , Does it take all kinds to make a world? Uniformity and diversity in communities , Panic and anxiety reactions in groups during air raids , On the development of professional and unprofessional attitudes , Intra-group tensions in therapy: their study as the task of the group , Disruptive forces in group relations: war as a makeshift therapy , Some psychodynamic factors behind tensions that cause wars , On the Nature of Religious and Moral Beliefs , A study of Quaker beliefs , The need for a belief in God , Man without God? , The development of the moral function , Memorandum on Criteria which may be employed by the Training Committee regarding the suitability of Candidates at various stages in their Training , A note on the concept of dynamic structure and field theory , Quotations researched by Lucy Rickman Baruch

    Biography

    John Rickman