Psychoanalysis, Group Analysis, and Beyond

Psychoanalysis, Group Analysis, and Beyond presents an important new paradigm in psychoanalysis and group analysis, presenting the individual and the group as elements of a wider whole and taking socio-political and cultural contexts into account. Juan Tubert-Oklander and Reyna Hernández-Tubert explore the contributions of group analysis to this new perspective, which suggests a holistic conception of the respective status and nature of what the common-sense view of the world conceives as the individual and the community. Part I presents thoughts on the 'gelding' of psychoanalysis, focuses on the limitations of classical psychoanalysis, and elaborates on key topics including epistemology, inclusion and exclusion, culture, and the real. Part II considers the reincorporation of what had formerly been excluded, through the theory and practice of group analysis. Finally, Part III bridges the gap, presenting several approaches to the building of the new paradigm that is so sorely needed. Psychoanalysis, Group Analysis, and Beyond will be of great interest to group analysts, psychoanalysts, and psychotherapists in practice and in training, as well as other professionals specializing in group work.

Juan Tubert-Oklander, MD, PhD, is a psychoanalyst, group analyst, and marriage and family psychotherapist, who was born, studied medicine, and trained as a group therapist in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He lives and works in private practice in Mexico City. Reyna Hernández-Tubert, MD, PhD, is a Mexican psychiatrist, child and adolescent psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, group analyst, and marriage and family therapist, living and practising in Mexico City.

Acknowledgements Foreword Introduction Part I: The gelding of psychoanalysis 1. Freud's contradictions and the hybrid nature of psychoanalysis (2008-2020) Juan Tubert-Oklander 2. Inclusion and exclusion in psychoanalysis (2013): from splitting to integration in our theory and practice Reyna Hernández-Tubert Chapter 3: Donald Winnicott: a revolutionary malgré lui (2017) Juan Tubert-Oklander 4. The fundamental role of aggression and hate in the psychoanalytic treatment (2017) Reyna Hernández-Tubert 5. Freudian anthropology and metasociology (2008) Reyna Hernández-Tubert 6. The work of culture (Kulturarbeit) in Freud (2012) Reyna Hernández-Tubert 7. The quest for the real (2016) Juan Tubert-Oklander Part II: A fresh look 8. The matrix and the bond (2017-2020): the holistic theory of group analysis Juan Tubert-Oklander 9. The British and the Latin-American traditions (2014): The Social Unconscious and the large group part I Juan Tubert-Oklander and Reyna Hernández-Tubert 10. A context that becomes a text (2014): The Social Unconscious and the large group part II Juan Tubert-Oklander and Reyna Hernández-Tubert 11. Listening to the voices in the wind (2014): The Social Unconscious and the large group part III Juan Tubert-Oklander and Reyna Hernández-Tubert 12. The politics of despair: from despair to dialogue and hope Reyna Hernández-Tubert Part III: Bridging the gap 13. Ferenczi and group analysis Juan Tubert-Oklander 14. The wind and the tide (2013-2020): on personal acts and impersonal currents in human life Juan Tubert-Oklander 15. Beyond psychoanalysis and group analysis Juan Tubert-Oklander 16. And what next? (2021) Appendices Appendix I: Analogical hermeneutics Appendix II: The conception of the world (Weltanschauung) Appendix III: Holism Appendix IV: Thinking group or therapeutic group - a personal reflection on the large group experience Reyna Hernández-Tubert References