In this book, the author traces the philosophical origins of empathy and its development, with Freud and the first psychoanalysts, up to its re-discovery in the 1950s, in parallel with changing views on countertransference.

Demonstrates racist preconceptions that surround the collection of evidence on AIDS in Africa. The text, a response to the alleged African origin of AIDS, explains that although some Western researchers have withdrawn some evidence and specific claims, they still substantiate racist hypotheses.

The distinguished British psychoanalyst Tom Main had, throughout his career, a genius for the application of psychoanalysis to other fields: community psychiatry, hospital settings, family planning, marriage guidance, probation and general practice.

The author is concerned with the origin and development of judgment, the relation between inner and outer worlds, the selective and interpretative nature of perception and the role of context or total situation. The book is a reminder of the emotional basis of learning.

Donna Haraway analyses accounts, narratives, and stories of the creation of nature, living organisms, and cyborgs (cybernetic components); showing how deeply cultural assumptions penetrate into allegedly value-neutral medical research.

Bakan challenges the view of Freud that he was a secular, rationally and scientifically-orientated intellectual, educated in modern culture and with only a modicum of formal Jewish education. He argues that Freud was influenced in his major and revolutionary life work by a mystical tradition.

The author draws on the experience of three decades as organizational consultant to a variety of institutions, employing approaches drawn from psychoanalysis, systems theory and the group relations movement.

This volume brings together the works of those who have studied Fairbairn's ideas most closely. The papers are expository, exploratory and illustrative and cover all aspects of his life, work and influence; contributors include the most eminent students of Fairbairn in both Britain and the USA.

This text is concerned with knowledge and how it is generated within complementary therapies: what kind of authority can be accorded to such knowledge; the nature of research agendas; and what ideas and skills are central to training and how they are transmitted.

The authors of this text carried out in-depth interviews with men serving prison sentances for sexually abusing children in their trust. The book provides a detailed record of the men's stories - including their own early life experiences, their sexual development, and education and employment.