Books by Andre Green

A small discussion group of noteworthy analysts of the International Psychoanalytical Association, coming from all the theoretical and geographical regions in today's psychoanalytic Babel, met several times over three years in order to deal, by way of the detailed discussion of their clinical experiences.

The third book in the Winnicott Clinic Lecture Series contains a lecture from the author on Winnicott's theory on play. He discusses Winnicott's view on the importance of play and then moves on to presenting his own, somewhat contradictory, view on it.

Recounts and explores the disappointing and sometimes tragic evolutions of the treatments of certain patients who are resistant to the effects of analytic work. This book reports cases taken from the author's own experience and that of his collaborators.

Here, Andre Green re-examines the fundamental role of the sexual in modern psychoanalysis. The work of analysis, he argues, consists in following the dynamic movements of the erotic process.

In this stimulating 1979 study, Andre Green, the eminent French psychoanalyst, demonstrates the relevance of psychoanalysis to literary criticism. He interprets the Freudian theory of the Oedipus complex - in its 'negative' aspect of male hostility towards the female - in several of the great European tragedies, including Aeschlyus' Oresteia and Shakespeare's Othello.

A seminal work on one of the most neglected topics in psychoanalysis, that of affect. Originally published in French as Le Discours Vivant, it is considered a classic in the psychoanalytic world.

The question of diachrony has been the author's preoccupation throughout his psychoanalytic career. It was at the centre of the debates during the era of structuralism and opened many issues for psychoanalysis. This work completes ideas put forward in "Time in Psychoanalysis", its companion volume.

What is essential to love in life? Should we understand love by referring to its earliest and most primitive roots? Or should we take as our starting point the experience of the adult? The author argues that while science has made no contribution to our understanding of love, art, literature and especially poetry are the best introduction to it.

This unique contemporary perspective will fascinate all those with an interest in tackling the fragmentation which has led to the current 'crisis of psychoanalysis' and opportunities for the future development of the field.