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This book contains a selection of papers which were read and discussed in various parts of the country during the preceding year. Not all of the contributors are psychoanalysts. They include a Nobel laureate in biology, a novelist, a professor of theology, a social worker, a professor of human communications and the chief of the Center for Studies of Narcotics and Drug Abuse of the National Institute of Mental Health. Although all of the papers and discussions are psychoanalytically oriented, the book does not bear the imprint of any national or regional psychoanalytic group.
The ten papers deal with a psychoanalytic study of the interactions of family members; migraine headaches; the psychological meaning of using marijuana and LSD in a specific case; symbiotic omnipotence; the “two cultures” dilemma; the emotional reactions of psychiatrists when confronting survivors of persecutions; pioneers in the psychoanalysis of schizophrenia; psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic education; the analysis of an “outsider”; and transference problems such as erotized transference. Each paper is discussed by four, sometimes five, or even six participants; most of these discussions are brief and to the point; and brief biographical data are supplied for every contributor.
The editor, in his Introduction, writes that the psychoanalyst lives in an open-ended system which is constantly growing. “This confronts us with these choices: to be open-minded and risk having our thinking changed—or to be stagnant, protecting ourselves against the anxiety brought on by new ideas.” As this book proves, the interchange of ideas which challenges, highlights, and stimulates thinking is a step forward toward widening our knowledge.