Winner of the American Board & Academy of Psychoanalysis Prize for best Edited book published in 2016. Psychoanalysis in Italy is a particularly diverse and vibrant profession, embracing a number of influences and schools of thought. Reading Italian Psychoanalysis provides a comprehensive guide to the most important Italian psychoanalytic thinking of recent years, including work by major names such as Weiss, E. Gaddini, Matte Blanco, Nissim Momigliano, Canestri, Amati Mehler, and Ferro. It covers the most important theoretical developments and clinical advances, with special emphasis on contemporary topics such as transference, trauma and primitive states of mind where Italian work has been particularly influential.
Key Features
- Overview of Italian psychoanalysis from the 1920s to present day.
- Forty-six seminal and representative papers from major psychoanalysts.
- Includes introductory comments summarising main ideas and concepts.
- Covers significant theoretical developments and clinical advances.
Additional Information
In this volume, Franco Borgogno, Alberto Luchetti and Luisa Marino Coe of the Italian Psychoanalytical Society provide an overview of how Italian psychoanalysis has developed, tracing its early influences and highlighting contemporary developments. The selected papers are preceded by a first introductory section about the history of psychoanalysis in Italy and followed by a "swift glance at Italian psychoanalysis from abroad". They are grouped into sections which represent the areas particularly explored by Italian psychoanalysis.
