Psychoanalysis: The Impossible Profession

Author(s): Janet Malcolm

Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs

The process known as psychoanalysis is sometimes revered, sometimes derided, and most often misunderstood. What good does it do? Can it help anyone? What risks does it pose to both patient and analyst? None of these questions can be easily answered, but in Janet Malcolm's narrative, in which all her skills as a reporter and interviewer come into play, their complexity is limpidly revealed.


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A fascinating exploration of psychoanlysis, its patients, practitioners and critics, from one of America's most respected and most controversial journalists.

Janet Malcolm's books include Reading Chekhov, The Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, The Journalist and the Murderer and Psychoanalysis: The Impossible Profession. Born in Prague, she grew up in New York, where she now lives.

General Fields

  • : 9781783784530
  • : Granta Books
  • : Granta Books
  • : 0.14
  • : January 2018
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 11mm
  • : February 2018
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Janet Malcolm
  • : Paperback
  • : 3
  • : English
  • : 150.195
  • : 192
  • : JMAF