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Darian Leader's writings on psychoanalysis--in particular, his provocative Why Do Women Write More Letters Than They Post?--have been warmly welcomed by readers and critics. A founder member of the Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research in London, Leader's work is decisively influenced by that of the French psychoanalyst, Jacques Lacan, whose approach to the problems of desire and symptom in psychoanalysis makes itself felt throughout Leader's new book, Freud's Footnotes. The title of this book may be misleading: it is not a study of Freud's often fascinating use of footnotes. Rather, Leader is concerned with the intellectual sources and contexts of Freud's writings and, more generally, the various schools of psychoanalysis they support. Six chapters treat six different "episodes" in the history and theory of psychoanalysis, beginning with Freud's scientific background and concluding with an analysis of the concept of the "depressive position" in the work of Klein and Lacan. On route, Leader explores the intellectual background to the idea of an "internal world"--central to psychoanalysis and traced here through the development of modern optics--as well as the shifting approaches to sexuality and gender, creativity and fantasy which characterise psychoanalytic thinking. Whatever the topic, Leader's approach is consistent. "I have tried in this book to pay attention to details", he notes; certainly, the uncovering and analysis of the detail of translation, intellectual context, conceptual and personal influence dominate the book. To a reader well schooled in Freud, the wealth of detail and reference may well be invaluable. But in both scope and style, Freud's Footnotes makes few concessions to those not so familiar with the institutional and theoretical debates which frame, and give a purpose to, Leader's reading of psychoanalysis and its concepts. --Vicky Lebeau
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By turns playful, mischievous, irritating and deep, Leader gives us another of his trademark performances. Written as an alternative to standard psychoanalytic histories that are often little more than chronologies of the great personalities of the past, Leader footnotes who was arguing with whom and about what at certain critical points in the history of psychoanalysis. Among the issues that his method successfully illuminates are the problematic concept of the human inner world, the question of tact and timing in therapeutic interventions and the crucial psychoanalytic concept of working through. Shunning the all too customary practice of pathologizing 'false' theories Leader locates the clinical problems for which these theories were solutions. Klein's theories are seen to arise from the unbearable anxieties children can experience at the hands of their parents; Lacan's emphasis on language and logic follows from the recognition that symptoms and dreams occur frequently in pairs: the meaning is revealed in the character of the linguistic transformations between the two. In a welcome alternative to the excesses of classical interpretations, Leader stresses the importance of asking what a symptom is for, rather than what does it mean. Leader concludes with a fine application of his method, an essential chapter on Klein, Lacan and the depressive position showing clearly the clinical problems faced by each theorist, the relationship between Klein's depressive position and Lacan's mirror phase and concluding with a call for engagement rather than divorce between differing orientations in psychoanalysis. A book to be read selectively and carefully. Review by JOSEPH SCHWARTZ Editor's note: Joseph Schwartz's book's include Cassandra's Daughter: A History of Psychoanalysis in Europe and America which was published last year. (Kirkus UK)
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Darian Leader's writings on psychoanalysis--in particular, his provocative Why Do Women Write More Letters Than They Post?--have been warmly welcomed by readers and critics. A founder member of the Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research in London, Leader's work is decisively influenced by that of the French psychoanalyst, Jacques Lacan, whose approach to the problems of desire and symptom in psychoanalysis makes itself felt throughout Leader's new book, Freud's Footnotes. The title of this book may be misleading: it is not a study of Freud's often fascinating use of footnotes. Rather, Leader is concerned with the intellectual sources and contexts of Freud's writings and, more generally, the various schools of psychoanalysis they support. Six chapters treat six different "episodes" in the history and theory of psychoanalysis, beginning with Freud's scientific background and concluding with an analysis of the concept of the "depressive position" in the work of Klein and Lacan. On route, Leader explores the intellectual background to the idea of an "internal world"--central to psychoanalysis and traced here through the development of modern optics--as well as the shifting approaches to sexuality and gender, creativity and fantasy which characterise psychoanalytic thinking. Whatever the topic, Leader's approach is consistent. "I have tried in this book to pay attention to details", he notes; certainly, the uncovering and analysis of the detail of translation, intellectual context, conceptual and personal influence dominate the book. To a reader well schooled in Freud, the wealth of detail and reference may well be invaluable. But in both scope and style, Freud's Footnotes makes few concessions to those not so familiar with the institutional and theoretical debates which frame, and give a purpose to, Leader's reading of psychoanalysis and its concepts. --Vicky Lebeau
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By turns playful, mischievous, irritating and deep, Leader gives us another of his trademark performances. Written as an alternative to standard psychoanalytic histories that are often little more than chronologies of the great personalities of the past, Leader footnotes who was arguing with whom and about what at certain critical points in the history of psychoanalysis. Among the issues that his method successfully illuminates are the problematic concept of the human inner world, the question of tact and timing in therapeutic interventions and the crucial psychoanalytic concept of working through. Shunning the all too customary practice of pathologizing 'false' theories Leader locates the clinical problems for which these theories were solutions. Klein's theories are seen to arise from the unbearable anxieties children can experience at the hands of their parents; Lacan's emphasis on language and logic follows from the recognition that symptoms and dreams occur frequently in pairs: the meaning is revealed in the character of the linguistic transformations between the two. In a welcome alternative to the excesses of classical interpretations, Leader stresses the importance of asking what a symptom is for, rather than what does it mean. Leader concludes with a fine application of his method, an essential chapter on Klein, Lacan and the depressive position showing clearly the clinical problems faced by each theorist, the relationship between Klein's depressive position and Lacan's mirror phase and concluding with a call for engagement rather than divorce between differing orientations in psychoanalysis. A book to be read selectively and carefully. Review by JOSEPH SCHWARTZ Editor's note: Joseph Schwartz's book's include Cassandra's Daughter: A History of Psychoanalysis in Europe and America which was published last year. (Kirkus UK)
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