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Contemporary Psychoanalysis intends to publish essays from areas other than psychoanalysis. We believe that insights from different sources can illuminate psychoanalytic knowledge. It is not our intention to apply psychoanalysis to other disciplines. We believe that the arts, sciences, and the humanities have something to add to our work of understanding people and facilitating their growth.
A paper discussing the dynamics and experience of alienation, as illuminated in Dostoevsky's "Notes from the Underground" or Camus's "The Stranger, " would be appropriate, since an appreciation of these novels could be used to shed light on psychoanalytic theory and practice, as would an understanding of facing death in Mann's "Death in Venice" and Tolstoy's "The Death of Ivan Illytch." Applications of the data of cognitive psychology to psychoanalysis could be useful as well; a psychoanalytic interpretation of these would not. An anthropological perspective on interpersonal psychoanalytic theories of sexuality would be germane; psychoanalytic reflections on the politics of conservatism or nationalism would not.
We hope these examples illustrate our desire to provide opportunities for expression of the wide-ranging thoughtful curiosity that always has been significant in the development of psychoanalytic theory. We want to enrich our endeavors by drawing on ideas from the broad spectrum of intellectual interests.
Contributions are welcome.
Donnel B. Stern, Ph.D.
Alan L. Grey, Ph.D.
for The Editors
Contemporary Psychoanalysis