R&L Logo R&L Logo
  • GENERAL
    • Browse by Subjects
    • New Releases
    • Coming Soon
    • Chases's Calendar
  • ACADEMIC
    • Textbooks
    • Browse by Course
    • Instructor's Copies
    • Monographs & Research
    • Reference
  • PROFESSIONAL
    • Education
    • Intelligence & Security
    • Library Services
    • Business & Leadership
    • Museum Studies
    • Music
    • Pastoral Resources
    • Psychotherapy
  • FREUD SET
Cover Image
Hardback
Paperback
share of facebook share on twitter
Add to GoodReads

Faces in a Cloud

Intersubjectivity in Personality Theory

Edited by George E. Atwood and Robert D. Stolorow

To find more information about Rowman & Littlefield titles please visit us at www.rowmanlittlefield.com.
  • Details
  • Details
  • Author
  • Author
  • Reviews
  • Reviews
Jason Aronson, Inc.
Pages: 224 • Trim: 6½ x 9¼
978-1-56821-050-6 • Hardback • September 1993 • $108.00 • (£83.00)
978-0-7657-0200-5 • Paperback • January 2001 • $72.00 • (£55.00)
Subjects: Psychology / General, Psychology / Personality, Psychology / Movements / Psychoanalysis, Psychology / Psychotherapy / General, Psychology / Research & Methodology
George E. Atwood, Ph.D., is a core faculty member at the Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity, New York City, and professor of psychology at Rutgers University. Robert D. Stolorow, Ph.D., is a faculty member and training supervising analyst at the Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Los Angeles; a core faculty member at the Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity; an dclinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine.
In my judgment, the authors have made a strong case for the proposition that the structure of a theorist's metapsychology will duplicate the structure of his subjective world, laid down mainly by the critical formative events of his life. It is a praiseworthy accomplishment. They have done much to clear the air of metapsychological clouds. They have shown new possibilities for psychoanalysis as a strictly clinical theory. All of these steps bring psychoanalytic thought closer to its observational base, closer also to the humanitarian impulse that underlies the helping professions.
— Robert W. White, Ph.D.; Psychoanalytic Review


Faces in a Cloud shows more clearly than anything else I have read the futility of the factionalism that pervades the field of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy.
— Michael F. Basch, M.D.; Psychoanalytic Review


This is an important work, both for the psychology of personality and for psychoanalytic theory. The authors establish a broad, 'decentered' perspective . . . whose purpose is to integrate various theories of personality by acknowledging their inevitable subjectivity, and then using that subjectivity to demarcate the limits of each theory. They provide fascinating psychobiographical case studies of Freud, Jung, Reich, and Rank, in which they demonstrate the relation between the internal world of each author and the major preoccupations and motivational principles of each theory. They convincingly argue that the broad metapsychological abstractions in each theory are defensive or reparative reifications of the internal psychodynamics of each theorist. This book raises important issues and questions for readers at all levels.
— Stephen A. Mitchell, Ph.D.; Library Journal


Faces in a Cloud

Intersubjectivity in Personality Theory

Cover Image
Hardback
Paperback
Summary
Summary
  • To find more information about Rowman & Littlefield titles please visit us at www.rowmanlittlefield.com.
Details
Details
  • Jason Aronson, Inc.
    Pages: 224 • Trim: 6½ x 9¼
    978-1-56821-050-6 • Hardback • September 1993 • $108.00 • (£83.00)
    978-0-7657-0200-5 • Paperback • January 2001 • $72.00 • (£55.00)
    Subjects: Psychology / General, Psychology / Personality, Psychology / Movements / Psychoanalysis, Psychology / Psychotherapy / General, Psychology / Research & Methodology
Author
Author
  • George E. Atwood, Ph.D., is a core faculty member at the Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity, New York City, and professor of psychology at Rutgers University. Robert D. Stolorow, Ph.D., is a faculty member and training supervising analyst at the Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Los Angeles; a core faculty member at the Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity; an dclinical professor of psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine.
Reviews
Reviews
  • In my judgment, the authors have made a strong case for the proposition that the structure of a theorist's metapsychology will duplicate the structure of his subjective world, laid down mainly by the critical formative events of his life. It is a praiseworthy accomplishment. They have done much to clear the air of metapsychological clouds. They have shown new possibilities for psychoanalysis as a strictly clinical theory. All of these steps bring psychoanalytic thought closer to its observational base, closer also to the humanitarian impulse that underlies the helping professions.
    — Robert W. White, Ph.D.; Psychoanalytic Review


    Faces in a Cloud shows more clearly than anything else I have read the futility of the factionalism that pervades the field of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy.
    — Michael F. Basch, M.D.; Psychoanalytic Review


    This is an important work, both for the psychology of personality and for psychoanalytic theory. The authors establish a broad, 'decentered' perspective . . . whose purpose is to integrate various theories of personality by acknowledging their inevitable subjectivity, and then using that subjectivity to demarcate the limits of each theory. They provide fascinating psychobiographical case studies of Freud, Jung, Reich, and Rank, in which they demonstrate the relation between the internal world of each author and the major preoccupations and motivational principles of each theory. They convincingly argue that the broad metapsychological abstractions in each theory are defensive or reparative reifications of the internal psychodynamics of each theorist. This book raises important issues and questions for readers at all levels.
    — Stephen A. Mitchell, Ph.D.; Library Journal


ALSO AVAILABLE

  • Cover image for the book Understanding the Borderline Mother: Helping Her Children Transcend the Intense, Unpredictable, and Volatile Relationship
  • Cover image for the book Modes of Therapeutic Action
  • Cover image for the book Family Therapy in Clinical Practice
  • Cover image for the book Borderline Conditions and Pathological Narcissism
  • Cover image for the book Existence
  • Cover image for the book A Primer of Transference-Focused Psychotherapy for the Borderline Patient
  • Cover image for the book Working with Parents Makes Therapy Work
  • Cover image for the book The Matrix of the Mind: Object Relations and the Psychoanalytic Dialogue
  • Cover image for the book Management of Countertransference with Borderline Patients
  • Cover image for the book Object Relations Theory and Clinical Psychoanalysis
  • Cover image for the book Broken Structures: Severe Personality Disorders and Their Treatment
  • Cover image for the book The Criminal Personality: A Profile for Change, Volume I
  • Cover image for the book The Criminal Personality: The Change Process, Volume II
  • Cover image for the book God and Psychology: How the Early Religious Development of Famous Psychologists Influenced their Work
  • Cover image for the book Object Relations Theory and Practice: An Introduction
  • Cover image for the book Humanizing Change: A Journey of Discovery: Eight Principles for Acquiring True Personal and Professional Alignment in Our Lives
  • Cover image for the book Systems Theory and Family Therapy: A Primer, Second Edition
  • Cover image for the book From Impasse to Intimacy: Understanding Unconscious Needs Can Transform Relationships
  • Cover image for the book Psychotherapy of Schizophrenia: The Treatment of Choice
  • Cover image for the book Human Development and Human Possibility: Erikson in the Light of Heidegger
  • Cover image for the book Spiritual Care in Psychological Suffering: How a Research Collaboration Informs Integrative Practice
  • Cover image for the book Cognitive-Behavioral Play Therapy
  • Cover image for the book The Criminal Personality: The Drug User, Volume III
  • Cover image for the book Object Relations in Severe Trauma: Psychotherapy of the Sexually Abused Child
  • Cover image for the book A Curious Calling: Unconscious Motivations for Practicing Psychotherapy, Second Edition
  • Cover image for the book The Intersubjective Perspective
  • Cover image for the book Pastoral Care in Historical Perspective
  • Cover image for the book Gaslighthing, the Double Whammy, Interrogation and Other Methods of Covert Control in Psychotherapy and Analysis
  • Cover image for the book The Psychopathic Mind: Origins, Dynamics, and Treatment
  • Cover image for the book The Marriage Checkup: A Scientific Program for Sustaining and Strengthening Marital Health
  • Cover image for the book Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Adult Survivors of Childhood Trauma: Imagery, Rescripting and Reprocessing
  • Cover image for the book Subjects of Analysis
  • Cover image for the book The Primitive Edge of Experience
  • Cover image for the book The Technique of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: Theoretical Framework: Understanding the Patients Communications, Volume I
  • Cover image for the book A Story of Her Own: The Female Oedipus Complex Reexamined and Renamed
  • Cover image for the book Empathic Attunement: The 'Technique' of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology
  • Cover image for the book A Guide to Peer Counseling
  • Cover image for the book Reverie and Interpretation
  • Cover image for the book Mentoring at Work: Developmental Relationships in Organizational Life
  • Cover image for the book Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Uncertainty: Struggling with a Shadow of a Doubt
  • Cover image for the book The Intersectional Other: Reimagining Power in the Margins
  • Cover image for the book Suicide as Psychache: A Clinical Approach to Self-Destructive Behavior
  • Cover image for the book Violent Attachments
  • Cover image for the book The History of Psychiatry: An Evaluation of Psychiatric Thought and Practice from Prehistoric Times to the Present
  • Cover image for the book Understanding the Borderline Mother: Helping Her Children Transcend the Intense, Unpredictable, and Volatile Relationship
  • Cover image for the book Modes of Therapeutic Action
  • Cover image for the book Family Therapy in Clinical Practice
  • Cover image for the book Borderline Conditions and Pathological Narcissism
  • Cover image for the book Existence
  • Cover image for the book A Primer of Transference-Focused Psychotherapy for the Borderline Patient
  • Cover image for the book Working with Parents Makes Therapy Work
  • Cover image for the book The Matrix of the Mind: Object Relations and the Psychoanalytic Dialogue
  • Cover image for the book Management of Countertransference with Borderline Patients
  • Cover image for the book Object Relations Theory and Clinical Psychoanalysis
  • Cover image for the book Broken Structures: Severe Personality Disorders and Their Treatment
  • Cover image for the book The Criminal Personality: A Profile for Change, Volume I
  • Cover image for the book The Criminal Personality: The Change Process, Volume II
  • Cover image for the book God and Psychology: How the Early Religious Development of Famous Psychologists Influenced their Work
  • Cover image for the book Object Relations Theory and Practice: An Introduction
  • Cover image for the book Humanizing Change: A Journey of Discovery: Eight Principles for Acquiring True Personal and Professional Alignment in Our Lives
  • Cover image for the book Systems Theory and Family Therapy: A Primer, Second Edition
  • Cover image for the book From Impasse to Intimacy: Understanding Unconscious Needs Can Transform Relationships
  • Cover image for the book Psychotherapy of Schizophrenia: The Treatment of Choice
  • Cover image for the book Human Development and Human Possibility: Erikson in the Light of Heidegger
  • Cover image for the book Spiritual Care in Psychological Suffering: How a Research Collaboration Informs Integrative Practice
  • Cover image for the book Cognitive-Behavioral Play Therapy
  • Cover image for the book The Criminal Personality: The Drug User, Volume III
  • Cover image for the book Object Relations in Severe Trauma: Psychotherapy of the Sexually Abused Child
  • Cover image for the book A Curious Calling: Unconscious Motivations for Practicing Psychotherapy, Second Edition
  • Cover image for the book The Intersubjective Perspective
  • Cover image for the book Pastoral Care in Historical Perspective
  • Cover image for the book Gaslighthing, the Double Whammy, Interrogation and Other Methods of Covert Control in Psychotherapy and Analysis
  • Cover image for the book The Psychopathic Mind: Origins, Dynamics, and Treatment
  • Cover image for the book The Marriage Checkup: A Scientific Program for Sustaining and Strengthening Marital Health
  • Cover image for the book Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Adult Survivors of Childhood Trauma: Imagery, Rescripting and Reprocessing
  • Cover image for the book Subjects of Analysis
  • Cover image for the book The Primitive Edge of Experience
  • Cover image for the book The Technique of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy: Theoretical Framework: Understanding the Patients Communications, Volume I
  • Cover image for the book A Story of Her Own: The Female Oedipus Complex Reexamined and Renamed
  • Cover image for the book Empathic Attunement: The 'Technique' of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology
  • Cover image for the book A Guide to Peer Counseling
  • Cover image for the book Reverie and Interpretation
  • Cover image for the book Mentoring at Work: Developmental Relationships in Organizational Life
  • Cover image for the book Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Uncertainty: Struggling with a Shadow of a Doubt
  • Cover image for the book The Intersectional Other: Reimagining Power in the Margins
  • Cover image for the book Suicide as Psychache: A Clinical Approach to Self-Destructive Behavior
  • Cover image for the book Violent Attachments
  • Cover image for the book The History of Psychiatry: An Evaluation of Psychiatric Thought and Practice from Prehistoric Times to the Present
facebook icon twitter icon instagram icon linked in icon NEWSLETTERS
ABOUT US
  • Mission Statement
  • Employment
  • Privacy
  • Accessibility Statement
CONTACT
  • Company Directory
  • Publicity and Media Queries
  • Rights and Permissions
  • Textbook Resource Center
AUTHOR RESOURCES
  • Royalty Contact
  • Production Guidelines
  • Manuscript Submissions
ORDERING INFORMATION
  • Rowman & Littlefield
  • National Book Network
  • Ingram Publisher Services UK
  • Special Sales
  • International Sales
  • eBook Partners
  • Digital Catalogs
IMPRINTS
  • Rowman & Littlefield
  • Lexington Books
  • Hamilton Books
  • Applause Books
  • Amadeus Press
  • Backbeat Books
  • Bernan
  • Hal Leonard Books
  • Limelight Editions
  • Co-Publishing Partners
  • Globe Pequot
  • Down East Books
  • Falcon Guides
  • Gooseberry Patch
  • Lyons Press
  • Muddy Boots
  • Pineapple Press
  • TwoDot Books
  • Stackpole Books
PARTNERS
  • American Alliance of Museums
  • American Association for State and Local History
  • Brookings Institution Press
  • Center for Strategic & International Studies
  • Council on Foreign Relations
  • Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
  • Fortress Press
  • The Foundation for Critical Thinking
  • Lehigh University Press
  • United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
  • Other Partners...