The Social Unconscious: Selected Papers

by Earl Hopper, Malcolm Pines (Foreword by)

Overview

In this text, Earl Hopper has made a major contribution to the understanding of the depth and breadth of individuals and how we might help them to know more of their patterns of relatedness with others, inter-personally, socially and culturally. Of particular note is the open honest manner of his consideration of his counter-transference and these can be clearly observed in the abundance of pertinent vignettes. This book draws attention to theory and practice in relation to a side of therapeutic work insufficiently attended to and will reward readers at all stages of professional development. It is written in a clear, accessible style and manages to convey complex ideas in a readily comprehensible manner'.

The social unconscious and its manifestations in group analysis are the focus of this important new book of Earl Hopper's selected papers. Drawing on sociology, psychoanalysis and group analysis, he argues that groups and their participants are constrained unconsciously by social, cultural and political facts and forces. These hypotheses are illustrated with clinical vignettes concerning anti-Semitism, racism, the politics of class and gender, and the effects of rapid social change. Transference and countertransference processes are examined both vividly and honestly. Theoretically generative and clinically astute, this book will be of value to both analysts and their students.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781846423789
Publisher:	Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Publication date:	12/15/2002
Series:	International Library of Group Analysis
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	224
File size:	718 KB

About the Author

Earl Hopper, Ph.D., is a psychoanalyst, group analyst and organizational consultant in private practice. He is a supervisor and training analyst for the Institute of Group Analysis, the British Association of Psychotherapists and the London Centre for Psychotherapy. An honorary tutor at The Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust and a member of the Post-Doctoral Program at Adelphi University, New York, he is the author of many books and articles, and an internationally renowned lecturer and teacher. Earl Hopper is also a past President of the International Association of Group Psychotherapy and a past Chairman of the Group of Independent Psychoanalysts of the British Psycho-Analytical Society.

Table of Contents

Foreword, Malcolm Pines. Acknowledgements. Preface. 1. Some Effects of Supervisory Style: A Sociological Analysis. 2. A Sociological View of Large Groups, with Anne Weyman. 3. 'Report on the Large Group' of the Survivor Syndrome Workshop (1979), with Lionel Kreeger. 4. 'Overview' of the Survivor Syndrome Workshop (1979), with Caroline Garland. 5. The Problem of Context in Group-Analytic Psychotherapy: A Clinical Illustration and a Brief Theoretical Discussion. 6. The Social Unconscious in Clinical Work. 7. Wounded Bird: A Study of the Social Unconscious and Countertransference. 8. On the Nature of Hope in Psychoanalysis and Group Analysis. Subject Index. Author Index.