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In this book the author addresses certain matters of urgent global concern. These include migration across national borders, the current refugee crisis, ethno-racial prejudice, subjective distress of minorities, and, above all, the forever-present ominous shadow of terrorism. Akhtar evolves and advocates a uniquely 'anthropological psychoanalysis' which is a blend of depth psychology and humanities, including sociology, economics, political science, history, and , of course, anthropology. He deconstructs what seems self-evident and confronts his readers with some socio-politically unpleasant realities, both within psychoanalysis and in the prevalent perspectives on the on-going turmoil and bloodshed in today's world

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- About the author -- Introduction -- PART I: Sensing and searching -- 1. Patience -- Phenomenological aspects -- Developmental origins -- Psychopathology -- Sociocultural aspects -- Technical implications -- Clinical vignette: 1 -- Clinical vignette: 2 -- Clinical vignette: 3 -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- 2. Curiosity -- Modalities, aims, and objects -- Origins -- Psychopathology -- Implications for clinical work -- Clinical vignette: 4 -- Clinical vignette: 5 -- Clinical vignette: 6 -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- PART II: Restraining and relating -- 3. Privacy -- A nosological conundrum -- Origins of privacy -- Psychopathology -- Clinical vignette: 7 -- Technical implications -- Clinical vignette: 8 -- Clinical vignette: 9 -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- 4. Intimacy -- Definition and description -- Developmental substrate -- Psychopathology -- Sociocultural aspects -- Three unexplored realms of intimacy -- Technical implications -- Clinical vignette: 10 -- Clinical vignette: 11 -- Clinical vignette: 12 -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- PART III: Titrating and transcending -- 5. Humility -- Descriptive characteristics -- Psychoanalytic literature -- Sociocultural realm -- Psychopathology -- Technical implications -- Humility in selecting patients -- Humility in our daily conduct with patients -- Humility in the act and attitude of listening -- Humility in the manner of intervening -- Humility in deciding upon the longevity of our professional careers -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- 6. Dignity -- Various definitions -- An attempt at synthesis -- Technical implications -- Concluding remarks -- Notes -- References -- Index

Silent Virtues addresses six areas of mental functioning namely patience, curiosity, privacy, intimacy, humility, and dignity. Each of the areas is elucidated with the help of clinical, literary, and cultural material. The book introduces a series of novel ideas, including: (i) the distinction between patience as a component of the therapeutic attitude and the exercise of patience as a specific technical intervention; (ii) the description of the five psychopathological syndromes involving curiosity: excessive, deficient, uneven, anachronistic, instinctualized, and false curiosity; (iii) the description of four psychopathological syndromes (failed, florid, fluctuating, and false) involving intimacy; (iv) the discourse on the importance of humility in selecting patients and in deciding upon the longevity of our professional careers; and (v) the description of three forms of dignity (metaphysical, existential, and characterological) and the various ways in which they affect psychoanalytic technique.

Acknowledgments -- The impact of contemporary culture on maternal functions : an overview / Salman Akhtar, MD -- The changing morphology of parenthood : its implications for separation : individuation theory / Henri Parens, MD -- Helicopter parents, tiger parents and cell phones / Susan Coates, PhD -- Single mothers and women's autonomy / Mary Kay O'Neil, PhD -- Sole-support mothers and autonomy from the child's perspective / S. Ami Berkowitz, MEd -- Mothers' experiences in creating an emotional connection with their adopted children : a qualitative study / Mary Winzinger, PhD, April Fallon, PhD, and Virginia Brabender, PhD -- Adoptive mothers growing up with their children : reflections on a long -- Term group for adoptive mothers / Elaine Frank, LCSW -- Immigrant mothers / Pratyusha Tummala-Narra, PhD, and Milena Claudius, MA -- Mothers without motherlands / Yaprak Elimez Harrison, MD, PhD -- Modern families : reflections on gender identity, sexual orientation, and motherhood / Deborah F. Glazer, PhD -- Complex gender identifications, regulatory anxiety, and grieving : reflections on lesbian motherhood / John L. Frank, MD -- Modern motherhood, modern mothering, and new family constellations : a concluding commentary / Mali Mann, MD -- References -- Index -- About the editors and contributors

Though references to it are scattered in the writings of Klein and Winnicott, the topic of greed has drawn meagre attention from contemporary psychoanalysts. This book fills that lacuna. Noting that the inconsolable, relentless, and coercive dimensions of such hunger have profoundly destructive impact upon the self and its objects, Greed: Developmental, Cultural, and Clinical Realms sheds light on the emotion's myriad manifestations as well as its camouflage by the ego's defensive operations. Issues of childhood deprivation, adolescent novelty-seeking, and clinging to the object-world toward t.

Betrayal underlies all psychic trauma, whether sexual abuse or profound neglect, violence or treachery, extramarital affair or embezzlement. When we betray others, we violate their confidence in us. When others betray us, they pierce the veil of our innocent reliance. Betraying and feeling betrayed are ubiquitous to the scenarios of trauma and yet surprisingly neglected as a topic of specific attention by psychoanalysis.This book fills this gap. The first part deals with developmental aspects and notes that while the experience of betrayal might be ubiquitous in childhood, its lack of recognit