Research Catalog

Title

The autonomous self : the work of John D. Sutherland / edited by Jill Savege Scharff.

Author

Sutherland, John D. (John Derg)

Publication

Northvale, N.J. : J. Aronson, ©1994.

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Details

Additional Authors

Scharff, Jill Savege.

Description

xxv, 454 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

• A collection of the brilliant papers of John D. Sutherland, this volume gives the reader a unique education in the development of the self. Noted psychoanalyst, theoretician, and editor, J.D. Sutherland was best known as editor of the International Psychoanalytic Library and as the Director of the Tavistock Clinic, where he secured an environment for colleagues like Wilfred Bion, John Bowlby, and Eric Trist to create and distribute their valuable ideas. Now, for the first time, here is a collection of the works of John D. Sutherland. The papers are stunning in their clarity and in the scope of their vision.
• The book's three sections reflect Sutherland's major interests: object relations theory, its application to groups and institutions, and the development of the self. As he was fond of saying, object relations was "not so much a theory as a way of working" and he puts this idea into practice - from understanding his individual patients to developing a blueprint for community mental health. His papers on psychoanalytic theory reveal an erudite grasp of theory building. Those on application show his profound concern for the human condition. Deriving partly from his self-analysis after the age of 70, his later papers take him beyond object relations theory to a theory of the self. No psychoanalytic thinker has such a capacity for tolerating complexity. No one else has shown a similar ability to relate personal, individual depth psychology to social psychology. Collected together in this volume, John D.
• Sutherland's papers present a remarkable appreciation for the needs of the individual and the community. This book is both classic and contemporary. It will appeal to individual and group psychotherapists of any discipline, psychoanalysts, pastoral counselors, social workers, and community development workers. A masterpiece of care, concern, clinical acumen and vision, this book is a major contribution to human understanding.

Series Statement

The Library of object relations

Uniform Title

• Works. 1994
• Library of object relations.

Alternative Title

Works. 1994

Subject

• Sutherland, John D
• Psychoanalysis
• Object relations (Psychoanalysis)
• Self psychology
• Community psychiatry
• Attachment behavior
• Self-perception
• Psychoanalysis
• Object Attachment
• Self Concept
• Self Psychology
• Community Psychiatry
• psychoanalysis
• Self-perception
• Attachment behavior
• Community psychiatry
• Self psychology
• Psychoanalyse
• Aufsatzsammlung
• Psychoanalyse
• Psychoanalytici

Genre/Form

• Biography
• Collected Work
• Biographies
• Biographies.

Note

• Collected works of John D. Sutherland.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [431]-440) and index.

Contents

Introduction / J. Alan Harrow, Murray Leishman, Mona Macdonald and David J. Scott -- I. Object-Relations Theory. 1. Object-Relations Theory and the Conceptual Model of Psychoanalysis. 2. Balint, Winnicott, Fairbairn, Guntrip. 3. Winnicott. 4. Fairbairn's Contribution. 5. The Object-Relations Theory of Personality. 6. An Object-Relations Approach to Psychodiagnostic Appraisal. 7. Object-Relations Theory and Cognitive Performance. 8. Fairbairn's Criticism of Basic Psychoanalytic Concepts -- II. Group Relations. 9. Small Groups, Their Disorders and Treatment. 10. The One-Way Vision Screen in Analytic Group Psychotherapy. 11. Bion's Group Dynamics. 12. Two Industrial Projects -- III. Community Mental Health. 13. Toward Community Mental Health. 14. Psychoanalysis in the Postindustrial Society. 15. Counselling Services. 16. Psychotherapy in Community Mental Health. 17. Research in Psychodynamics. 18. The Need for a New Paradigm. 19. The Psychodynamic Image of Man -- IV. The Self.

ISBN

• 1568210086
• 9781568210087

LCCN

93022563

OCLC

• ocm28116000
• 28116000
• SCSB-2011030

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library