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The origin of prejudice in childhood : theory and practice. Malignant prejudice : its development and prevention / Henri Parens -- Theory. Distinguishing between ordinary and criminal racism / Marcelo N. Vin?ar ; Concerning prejudice : pragmatic utopias / Ignacio Gerber ; International relations and psychoanalysis / Vamik D. Volkan -- Applications. Secrecy and the denial of trauma / Susann Heenen-Wolff and Adeline Fohn ; Collective mourning : who or what frees a collective to mourn? / Hermann Beland ; On xenophobic and anti-Semitic prejudices / Tomas Bo?hm ; A Peruvian case of prejudice / Jorge Kantor -- Conclusion: Realistic expectations. The future of prejudice and the limits of psychoanalytic intervention / Cyril Levitt.

'Human identity, sexual identity, primary and secondary identification, object choice, narcissism - all of these lie on a continuum with homosexuality, transsexualism, transvestism, heterosexuality and asexuality. Concepts on sexuality and gender are outlined anew in an interplay of theoretical and clinical networks, with the aim of increasing the efficiency of analytic praxis freed from prejudice and monolithic convention.' Alcira Mariam Alizade from the Foreword

The collection deals with a number of issues that surround incest, including Freud's work and how his outlook changed throughout the years, the post-Freudian theories, treatment of both offender and victim through traditional one-on-one and group therapy, the importance of the sex of the analyst, the permeations of the abuser/abused, and the "why" of incest. As well as addressing theory, the papers include moving and at times disturbing clinical vignettes to provide an insight into clinical practice

This book takes a fresh look at women in their maternal role. In the 21st century, with its frenzy and heterogeneity, where the mixture of modernity and post-modernity is not without danger, motherhood cannot escape the impact of social and cultural transformations. Psycho-history, the accumulation and variety of psychoanalytic theories of femininity and motherhood, the contribution of gender studies, cross-disciplinary research, and listening to what our patients have to say - all this has yielded, in the past few decades, much controversial data that challenges orthodox classical thinking wi