The quest for conscience and the birth of the mind

188 Pages·2009·0.726 MB·English

by  Reiner, Annie

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CHAPTERTITLE I
THE QUEST FOR
CONSCIENCE AND
THE BIRTH OF THE MIND
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THE QUEST FOR
CONSCIENCE AND THE
BIRTH OF THE MIND
Annie Reiner
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First published 2009 by
Karnac Books Ltd
118 Finchley Road, London NW3 5HT
Copyright © 2009 Annie Reiner
The right of Annie Reiner to be identified as the author of this work has
been asserted in accordance with §§ 77 and 78 of the Copyright Design and
Patents Act 1988.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored
in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means,
electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the
prior written permission of the publisher.
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CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii
ABOUT THE AUTHOR ix
FOREWORDby James S. Grotstein xi
INTRODUCTION xvii
PART I:
CONSCIENCE AND MORALITY:
THEORETICALEXPLORATIONS 1
CHAPTER ONE
Philosophical and psychoanalytic background 3
CHAPTER TWO
The true self and psychological birth 11
CHAPTER THREE
The spiritual perspective in psychoanalysis 23
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CHAPTER FOUR
Theories of conscience 49
PART II:
CLINICALAPPLICATIONS:
THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONSCIENCE 71
CHAPTER FIVE
Clinical examples 73
CHAPTER SIX
Summary and conclusions 123
REFERENCES 149
INDEX 157
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Permissions
I am grateful for permission to use material from the following
works:
Leopardi, Giacomo, Leopardi: Selected Poems. Reprinted by permis-
sion of Princeton University Press.
Laing, R.D., Knots.Reprinted by permission of Tavistock Publications.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Annie Reiner, PhD, PsyD, LCSW, is a member and associate faculty
member of The Psychoanalytic Center of California (PCC) in Los
Angeles, and a Fellow of the International Psychoanalytic Associ-
ation. Her work was profoundly influenced by the ideas of Wilfred
Bion, with whom she studied in the 1970s. Her psychoanalytic writ-
ings have been published in various journals and anthologies. In
addition to her work and writings as a psychoanalyst, Dr Reiner is
an accomplished playwright, poet, and painter. She is the author of
four books of poems, a book of short stories, and four children’s
books, which she also illustrated. She maintains a private practice
in Beverly Hills, California.
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