Freud and the Buddha.

This book investigates what psychoanalysis and Buddhism can learn from each other, and offers chapters by a Buddhist scholar, a psychiatrist-author, and a number of leading psychoanalysts. It begins with a discussion of the basic understanding of both psychoanalysis and Buddhism, viewed not as a rel...

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Main Author: Hoffer, Axel
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London, United Kingdom : Karnac Books, 2015.
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Table of Contents:
  • COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Freud and the Buddha: the Couch and the Cushion; CONTRIBUTORS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; PREAMBLE; CHAPTER ONE The origins and fundamentals of psychoanalysis; CHAPTER TWO It's not just about the mindfulness: foundations of Buddhist thought and why it matters for psychoanalysis; CROSSCURRENTS; CHAPTER THREE The practice of psychoanalysis and Buddhism; CHAPTER FOUR Buddhist psychology: a work in process; CHAPTER FIVE On the seashore of endless worlds: Buddha and Winnicott.
  • CHAPTER SIX Faust, Mephistopheles and attachment: discussion of Mark Epstein's chapter- "On the seashore of endless worlds:Buddha and Winnicott""CHAPTER SEVEN A clinical encounter: mind without walls; CHAPTER EIGHT My lives in psychoanalysis and Buddhism; CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS; CHAPTER NINE Controversies and the potential for mutual enrichment; INDEX.