Commitment and Compassion in Psychoanalysis

"Commitment and Compassion in Psychoanalysis" is a comprehensive collection of 14 significant works by psychoanalyst Edward Weinshel, edited by Robert Wallerstein. This collection reflects Weinshel's influence on contemporary psychoanalysis and his critical stance towards tendencies of dehumanization and deindividualization within the discipline. The six clinical papers in this volume illuminate various personality organizations and their extreme manifestations that drive individuals to seek psychoanalytic help. Topics addressed include, among others, neurotic equivalents of necrophilia, lying, and perceptual distortions during analysis. These clinical expositions are complemented by eight theoretical papers that represent Weinshel's metapsychological paradigm of ego psychology from the 1970s and 1980s. Thus, the collection offers a deep insight into the development of psychoanalysis and the challenges it faces.