Enriching Psychoanalysis: Integrating Concepts from Contemporary Science and Philosophy

166 Pages·2022·1.583 MB·English

by  John Turtz, Gerald J. Gargiulo

“In this remarkable volume, the contributors demonstrate that advances in
both science and the philosophy of science require profound r econsideration
of psychoanalytic assumptions. The authors deserve particular praise
for their nuanced appreciation for the arguments that would challenge
their views.”
Mark Finn, PhD, Teaching and Supervisory Faculty at WCSPP
“The authors, very well versed in both psychoanalysis and contemporary
science, illuminate the parallels between the two, with particular e mphasis
on shared metaphors. The cross fertilization is made clear by their e xcellent
writing and impressive scholarship.”
Irwin Hirsch, PhD, NYU Postdoctoral Program
in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy and
The William Alanson White Institute
“This volume makes the urgent plea for psychoanalysis to embrace fresh
models and metaphors to remain vital and relevant in the 21st c entury.
By braiding psychoanalysis with contemporary science – quantum
p hysics, chaos theory, epigenetics and neuropsychoanalysis – Turtz and
­Gargiulo­offer­us­an­essential­and­readily­accessible­guide­that­enriches­
our u nderstanding of both the mind and the human condition.”
Janet Zuckerman, PhD, Faculty and Former
Director of WCSPP, Clinical Consultant,
NYU Postdoctoral Program

Enriching Psychoanalysis
This compelling collection illuminates new models and metaphors taken
from the contemporary sciences and philosophical thought to revitalize
and recontextualize psychoanalysis for the 21st century.
The exploration of quantum mechanics, chaos and complexity t heory,
epigenetics, and neuropsychoanalysis provides the reader with new
l ayers of meaning and understanding that in turn lead to an enriching of
p sychoanalytic theory and a deepening of experience in the consulting
office.­The­intersection­of­psychoanalysis,­contemporary­sciences,­and­
philosophy leads the reader to new worlds that can transform the lens from
which one views the psychoanalytic process.
Written for psychoanalysts and psychotherapists, as well as scholars of
psychoanalysis that are interested in the intersection of p sychoanalysis,
contemporary science, and philosophy, Enriching Psychoanalysis:
Integrating Concepts from Contemporary Science and Philosophy
expands the focus and meaning of current psychoanalytic theory and
practice.
John Turtz, PhD, is faculty, supervisor, and co-director of the
Psychoanalytic Program at WCSPP, as well as former director of the
Couples Therapy Training Program. He is faculty, supervisor, and former
co- director at the Manhattan Institute for Psychoanalysis. Dr. Turtz is
faculty at the New York Medical College and is in private practice in
Larchmont, New York, and Manhattan. In addition, Dr. Turtz serves on
the Outreach and Advocacy Committee – a joint project of the Climate
Psychiatry Alliance and the Climate Psychology Alliance – North America.
Gerald J. Gargiulo, PhD, is a former president of the NPAP Training
Institute, New York City, as well as the International Forum for
Psychoanalytic Education (IFPE). He served as associate editor and is
now on the editorial board of The Psychoanalytic Review; he also serves
on the board of Psychoanalytic Psychology. He is on the faculty of the
NPAP Training Institute as well as The Blanton Peale Institute (NYC).
He has authored three professional texts and more than 100 articles. He
received the coveted Gradiva Award (2017) for his text Quantum Psycho-
analysis. He maintains a practice in Stamford, Connecticut.

Philosophy & Psychoanalysis Book Series
Series Editor: Jon Mills
Philosophy & Psychoanalysis is dedicated to current developments and cutting-
edge research in the philosophical sciences, phenomenology, hermeneutics,
existentialism, logic, semiotics, cultural studies, social c riticism, and the
humanities that engage and enrich psychoanalytic thought through philo-
sophical rigor. With the philosophical turn in psychoanalysis comes a new
era of theoretical research that revisits past paradigms while invigorating new
approaches to theoretical, historical, contemporary, and applied psychoanaly-
sis.­No­subject­or­discipline­is­immune­from­psychoanalytic­reflection­within­a­
philosophical context including psychology, sociology, anthropology, politics,
the arts, religion, science, culture, physics, and the nature of morality. Philo-
sophical approaches to psychoanalysis may stimulate new areas of knowledge
that­have­conceptual­and­applied­value­beyond­the­consulting­room­reflective­
of greater society at large. In the spirit of pluralism, Philosophy & Psychoa­
nalysis is open to any theoretical school in philosophy and psychoanalysis
that­offers­novel,­scholarly,­and­important­insights­in­the­way­we­come­to­
understand our world.
Titles in this series:
Integration and Difference
Constructing a Mythical Dialectic
Grant Maxwell
Psychoanalysis and the Mind-Body Problem
Edited by Jon Mills
Jung’s Alchemical Philosophy
Psyche and the Mercurial Play of Image and Idea
Stanton Marlan
For a full list of titles in this series, please visit www.routledge.com/
Philosophy-and-Psychoanalysis/book-series/PHILPSY
Enriching Psychoanalysis
Integrating Concepts from
Contemporary Science and Philosophy
Edited by John Turtz and
Gerald J. Gargiulo
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Names: Turtz, John, editor. | Gargiulo, Gerald J., editor.
Title: Enriching psychoanalysis: integrating concepts from
contemporary science and philosophy/edited by John Turtz
and Gerald J. Gargiulo.
Description: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon; New York,
NY: Routledge, 2023. | Includes bibliographical references
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Identifiers: LCCN 2022012849 | ISBN 9781032221939 (hardback) |
ISBN 9781032221922 (paperback) | ISBN 9781003271499
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Subjects: LCSH: Psychoanalysis and philosophy. | Science
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Classification: LCC BF175.4.P45 E57 2023 | DDC 150.19/5—
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To my wife and daughter – Mary DeVivo and Amy
Turtz – the loves of my life, who somehow put up with
me during this project!
And to Jerry Gargiulo and my Peer Supervision Group –
Mark Finn, Aviva Gitlin, and Vera Stein – for all their
generous support and encouragement throughout this
endeavor.
John Turtz
To my beloved Julia and to the many friends and
colleagues who have helped in my bridge building
between quantum mechanics and psychoanalytic
practice. I am particularly appreciative for the
encouragement and support that Drs. Barry Barish,
Bonnie Litowitz, and Jon Mills have given.
Gerald J. Gargiulo