BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Descubrimientos y refutaciones: La lógica de la indagación psicoanalítica [Discoveries and refutations: the logic of psychoanalytic enquiry]. By Jorge L. Ahumada
Kohut's Freudian Vision. By Philip F. D. Rubovits-Seitz in collaboration with Heinz Kohut.
Psychoanalysis on the Move: The Work of Joseph Sandler. Edited by Peter Fonagy, Arnold M.
La polarité de l'amour et de la mort [The polarity of love and death]. By Catherine Couvreur.
Being of Two Minds: The Vertical Split in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy. By Arnold Goldberg.
The Power of Feelings. By Nancy J. Chodorow
Nascita e costruzione della mente. La teoria del protomentale. [The birth and construction of the mind. The theory of the protomental]. By Antonio Imbasciati.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Narrazione e psicoanalisi. Un approccio semiologico [Narration and psychoanalysis. A semiological approach].By Maria Pia Arrigoni and Gian Luca Barbieri.
Taking the Group Seriously. Towards a Post-Foulkesian Group Analytic Theory By Farhad Dalal
Psicoanalisi come percorso [Psychoanalysis as a journey]. By Franco Borgogno.
Psychoanalytic Understanding of Violence and Suicide. Edited by Rosine Perelberg.
The Mystery of Things. By Christopher Bollas
Unfree Associations: Inside Psychoanalytic Institutes. London: Process Press. By Douglas Kirsner
La memoria sensoriale delle relazioni. Ipotesi verificabili di psicoterapia psicoanalitica [The sensory memory of relationships. Verifiable hypotheses of psychoanalytic psychotherapy]. By Andrea Seganti.
Psychotic States in Children. Edited by Margaret Rustin, Maria Rhode, Alex Dubinsky and Héléne Dubinsky.
Inside Lives: Psychoanalysis and the Growth of the Personality. By Margot Waddell.
But Facts Exist. By Thomas Freeman.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Costruzioni e campo analitico. Storia, scene e destino [Constructions and the analytic field. History, scenes and fate]. By Domenico Chianese.
Reverie and Interpretation: Sensing Something Human. By Thomas Ogden.
Negotiating the Therapeutic Alliance: A Relational Treatment Guide. By Jeremy D. Safran and J. Christopher Muran.
Objects of Hope: Exploring Possibility and Limit in Psychoanalysis. By Steven H. Cooper.
Mad Men and Medusas. Reclaiming Hysteria and the Effects of Sibling Relationships on the Human Condition. By Juliet Mitchell.
Changing Conceptions of Psychoanalysis. The Legacy of Merton Gill. Edited by Doris K. Silverman and David L. Wolitzky.
The Dove that Returns, The Dove that Vanishes: Paradox and Creativity in Psychoanalysis. By Michael Parsons.
Le passé recomposeé, pensees, mythes, praxis [The Past Reconstructed: Thoughts, Myths and Practice]. By Francis Pasche. Foreword by Didier Anzieu.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Books reviewed in this article:
The Neurodynamics of Personality. By Jim Grigsby and David Stevens
Untying the Knot: Working with Children and Parents. By A. H. Brafman
Muhammad and the Rise of Islam: The Creation of Group Identity. By Subhash C. Inamdar
Freud in the Pampas: The Emergence and Development of a Psychoanalytic Culture in Argentina. By Mariano Ben Plotkin
La clínica yel proceso psicoanalítico. By Pedro Guillem Nácher
La vie opératoire [Operative life]. By Claude Smadja
Attachment Theory and Psychoanalysis. By Peter Fonagy
Impact of Narcissism: The Errant Therapist in a Chaotic Quest. Peter Giovacchini
The Violence of Interpretation. By Piera Aulagnier     

Reviews

Books reviewed in this article:
Tradition in Science . By W erner H eisenberg .
Order and Organism: Steps to a Whiteheadian Philosophy of Mathematics and the Natural Sciences . By M urray C ode .
Transfornation and Convergence in the Frame of Knowledge: Explorations in the Interrelations of Scientific and Theolgoical Enterprise. By T homas F. T orrance .
The Christian Frame of Mind. By T homas F. torrance .
Darwin's Legacy. Edited by C harles L. H amrum .
The Universe Is a Green Dragon: A Cosmic Creation Story. By B rian S wimme .
Einstein's Space and Van Gogh's Sky: Physical Reality and Beyond. By L awrence L eshan and H enry M argenau .
Insight-lmagmataon: The Emancipataon of Thought and the Modern World. By D ouglas S loan .     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
The power of the inner judge: Psychodynamic treatment of the severe neuroses. By Leon Wurmser.
The cradle of thought: Exploring the origins of thinking By Peter Hobson.
Comment la féminitévient aux femmes [How femininity comes to women] By Jacqueline Godfrind
Die Logik der Psychoanalyse: Eine erkenntnistheoretische Studie [The logic of psychoanalysis: An epistemological study] By Johann August Schülein.
Adolescencia: Del goce orgànico al hallazgo de objeto [Adolescence: From organic pleasure to the finding of the object] By Susana Estela Quiroga
Weathering the storms: Psychotherapy for psychosis By Murray Jackson
Freud and the seduction theory: A brief love affair. By Kurt R. Eissler
Agonie, clivage et symbolisation [Agony, splitting and symbolisation] By René Roussillon.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
The life and behavior of living organisms: A general theory By Elliot Jaques
Analysis of the under-five child Edited by Robert L. Tyson
Affect regulation, mentalisation, and the development of the self By Peter Fonagy, György Gergely, Elliot L. Jurist, Mary Target
Vapaan assosiaation paluu [The return of free association] By Marita Torsti
En el camino de la simbolización: Producción del sujeto psíquico [On the path to symbolization: Production of the psychic subject] By Myrta Casas De Pereda
Un tempo per il dolore: Eros, dolore e colpa [A time for pain: Eros, pain and guilt] By Tonia Cancrini. Preface by Antonino Ferro
Psychoanalysis international: A guide to psychoanalysis throughout the world Vol. 1: Europe; Vol 2: America, Asia, Australia, further European countries Edited by Peter Kutter
L'empatia psicoanalitica [Psychoanalytic empathy] By Stefano Bolognini     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Psychoanalysis, science and masculinity By Karl Figlio.
Dreams that turn over a page: Paradoxical dreams in psychoanalysis By Jean-Michel Quinodoz.
Fattori di malattia, fattori di guarigione: Genesi della sofferenza e cura psicoanalitica: [Elements of disease, elements of recovery. Genesis of suffering and psychoanalytic cure] By Antonino Ferro.
Vocabulário contemporáneo de psicanálise: [Contemporary dictionary of psychoanalysis] By David E. Zimmerman.
Le traumatique, répétition et élaboration: [Trauma, repetition and elaboration] By Anna Potamianou.
The pale criminal: Psychoanalytic perspectives By Stephen J Costello.
Dictionnaire international de la psychanalyse: [International dictionary of psychoanalysis] Edited by Alain de Mijolla.
Fundamentals of a Freudian clinic By Luís Carlos Menezes.
Disappearing persons: Shame and appearance By Benjamin Kilborne.
The social edges of psychoanalysis By Neil J Smelser. Berkeley and Los Angeles     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Freud and Psychoanalysis. By W. W. Meissner.
Psychoanalysis and Culture: A Kleinian Perspective. Edited by David Bell.
Sigmund Freud, 1886-1897. Psychanalystes d'aujourd'hui. By Françoise Coblence.
Sigmund Freud, 1897-1904. Psychanalystes d'aujourd'hui. By Laurence Kahn
Sigmund Freud, 1905-1920. Psychanalystes d'aujourd'hui. By Paul Denis
Sigmund Freud, 1920-1939. Psychanalystes d'aujourd'hui. By Ruth Menahem.
Psychoanalytic Participation, Action, Interaction, and Integration. By Kenneth A. Frank.
The Possession at Loudun. By Michel de Certeau. Translated by Michael B. Smith.
Le temps eéclaté [Exploded time]. By André Green.
Anna Freud: A View of Development, Disturbance and Therapeutic Techniques. By Rose Edgcumbe.
Politics on the Couch: Citizenship and the Internal Life. By Andrew Samuels.
Freudian Repression. By Michael Billig.     

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Books reviewed in this article:
The Philosophy of Mind: an introduction by Peter Smith and O. R. Jones
Roman Ingarden. The work of music and the problem of its identity. MacMillan     

How to test the threat-simulation theory

Malcolm-Smith, Solms, Turnbull and Tredoux [Malcolm-Smith, S., Solms, M.,Turnbull, O., & Tredoux, C. (2008). Threat in dreams: An adaptation? Consciousness and Cognition, 17, 1281-1291.] have made an attempt to test the Threat-Simulation Theory (TST), a theory offering an evolutionary psychological explanation for the function of dreaming [Revonsuo, A. (2000a). The reinterpretation of dreams: An evolutionary hypothesis of the function of dreaming. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 23(6), 877-901]. Malcolm-Smith et al. argue that empirical evidence from their own study as well as from some other studies in the literature does not support the main predictions of the TST: that threatening events are frequent and overrepresented in dreams, that exposure to real threats activates the threat-simulation system, and that dream threats contain realistic rehearsals of threat avoidance responses. Other studies, including our own, have come up with results and conclusions that are in conflict with those of Malcolm-Smith et al. In this commentary, we provide an analysis of the sources of these disagreements, and their implications to the TST. Much of the disagreement seems to stem from differing interpretations of the theory and, consequently, of differing methods to test it.     

BOOK REVIEWS ESSAY: ADOLESCENCE IN FRANCE

Book reviewed in this article:
Adolescence et désenchantement [Adolescence and disenchantment]. By Jean Guillaumin
La dépression àl'adolescence [Depression in adolescence]. By Dominique Arnoux
La passion adolescente [Adolescent passion]. By Elsa Schmid-Kitsikis
Analisis terminable: Estudio de la terminación del proceso analítico. By Antonio Pérez- Sánchez
Releasing the Self: The Healing Legacy of Heinz Kohut. By Phil Mollon
Melting the Darkness: The Dyad in Clinical Practice. ByWarren Poland
Art, Creativity, Living. By Lesley Caldwell
Psykoanalyyttisia tutkielmia [Psychoanalytic essays]. By Pentti Ikonen
The Patient - Therapist Relationship: The Field of Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytical Psychotherapy. [La relación paciente terapeuta: El campo del psicoanálisis y la psicoterapia psicoanalítica.] By Joan Coderch
The Importance of Fathers: A Psychoanalytic Re-Evaluation. Edited by Judith Trowell and Alicia Etchegoyen     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Escritos clnicos sobre perversiones y adicciones [Clinical essays on perversions and addictions] Edited by Rodolfo Moguillansky
The present moment in psychotherapy and everyday life by Daniel N. Stern
Sndor Ferenczi: El mejor discpulo de Freud [Sndor Ferenczi: Freud s best disciple] by Antoni Talarn
Blind trust: Large groups and their leaders in times of crisis and terror by Vamik Volkan
Sigmund Freud Max Eitingon, Briefwechsel 1906-1939 [Freud Eitingon correspondence,1906 1939], Vols 1 and 2 Edited by Michael Schrter
The texture of treatment: On the matter of psychoanalytic technique By Herbert J. Schlesinger
Family romance, family secrets: Case notes from an American psychoanalysis,1912 By Elizabeth Lunbeck and Bennett Simon
Hate and love in psychoanalytic institutions. The dilemma of a profession By Jurgen Reeder     

Reviews

Mind in a Physical World: An Essay on the Mind‐Body Problem and Mental Causation. By Jaegwon Kim . Sacred Cosmos: Christian Faith and the Challenge of Naturalism. By Terence L. Nichols . The Faith of Biology & The Biology of Faith: Order, Meaning, and Free Will in Modern Medical Science. By Robert Pollack .     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Freud's Dora: A Psychoanalytic, Historical, and Textual Study. By Patrick J. Mahony. Psychoanalysis, Literature and War. Papers 1972‐1995. By Hanna Segal. La perversione sadomasochistica: l'oggetto e le teorie [Sadomasochistic perversion: object and theories]. By Franco De Masi. Psychoanalytic Therapy as Health Care: Effectiveness and Economics in the 21st Century. Edited by Harriette Kaley, Morris N. Eagle and David L. Wolitzky Depth Psychological Understanding: The Methodological Grounding of Clinical Interpretations. By Philip F. D. Rubovitz‐Seitz. Niveles de la organizacion mental [Levels of mental organisation]. By Jorge Thomas. Comentarios sobre ‘Elementos de Psicoana’ lisis [Commentary on Elements of Psycho‐Analy‐sis]. By Jorge Thomas. Narcisismo [Narcissism]. By Giorgio Sassanelli. Learning Disabilities and Psychic Conict: A Psychoanalytic Casebook. By Arden Abel Rothstein, PhD and Jules Glenn, MD. Perché l'isteria? Attualita' di una malattia ontologica [Why hysteria? The present‐day relevance of an ontological illness]. Edited by F. Scalzone and G. Zontini, Foreword by A. Green. Les cinq axes de la psychanalyse [The five main trends of psychoanalysis]. By Guy Rosolato. La partecipazione affettiva dell'analista. Il contributo di Sandor Ferenczi al pensiero psicoa‐nalitico contemporaneo [The Analyst's Emotional Involvement. Sandor Ferenczi's Contribution to Contemporary Psychoanalysis]. By Franco Borgogno (Editor).     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Aquinas on Mind . By Anthony Kenny.
Philosophical Passages: Wittgenstein, Emerson, Austin, Derrida . By Stanley Cavell.
Die Wahrheit über den Lügner: Eine philosophisch-logische Analyse des Lügners . By Elke Brendel.
Supervenience and the Mind . By Jaegwon Kim.
Reality, Representation, and Projection . Edited by John Haldane and Crispin Wright.     

Reviews

Book reviews in this article:
The Theologian and His Universe: Theology and Cosmology/ram the Middle Ages to the Present . By N. M ax W ildiers .
On Knowing God . By J erry H. G ill
The Immorality of Limiting Growth . By E dward W alter
Naked Emperors: Essays of a Taboo-Stalker . By G arrett H ardin
Psychology and Theology: Prospects for Integration . By G ary R. C ollins
Science and Moral Priority: Merging Mind, Brain and Human Values . By R oger S perry
Religion: A Secular Theory . By A ndrew M. G reeley
The Turning Point: Science, Society, and the Rising Culture . By F ritjof C apra     

McDowell’s new conceptualism and the difference between chickens,colours and cardinals

McDowell recently renounced the assumption that the content of any knowledgeable, perceptual judgement must be included in the content of the knowledge grounding experience. We argue that McDowell’s introduction of a new category of non-inferential, perceptual knowledge is incompatible with the main line of argument in favour of conceptualism as presented in Mind and World [McDowell, John. 1996. Mind and World. 2nd ed. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press]. We reconstruct the original line of argument and show that it rests on the assumption that a specific model of justification, the Comparison Model, must apply to all cases of non-inferential, perceptual knowledge. We then show that the Comparison Model cannot be applied to McDowell’s new category of non-inferential, perceptual knowledge. As a consequence, McDowell is in need of an alternative model of justification and an alternative argument for conceptualism. We propose such an alternative model of justification based on McDowell’s reading of Sellars, but argue that the model only serves to make the need for an alternative motivation for conceptualism more urgent.     

Books received list

Book Information Functions in Mind: A Theory of Intentional Content. Functions in Mind: A Theory of Intentional Content Carolyn Price Oxford Clarendon Press 2001 vi + 263 Hardback £35 By Carolyn Price. Clarendon Press. Oxford. Pp. vi + 263. Hardback:£35,     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Psychoanalytic Case Formulation. By Nancy McWilliams
Le Divan bien tempéré. [The well-tempered couch.] By J. L. Donnet.
Ordinary People and Extra-Ordinary Protections: A Post-Kleinian Approach to the Treatment of Primitive Mental States. By Judith Mitrani
Trauma: A Genealogy. By Ruth Leys.
Le vampirisme. De la Dame Blanche au Golem: Essai sur la pulsion de mort et sur l'irreprésentable [Vampirism. From the White Lady to the Golem: An Essay on the Death Drive and the Unrepresentable.] By Pérel Wilgowicz. 2nd, revised and expanded edition
Melanie Klein: Her Work in Context. By Meira Likierman
Cracking Up. The Work of the Unconscious Experience. By Christopher Bollas
'Origins of the therapeutic alliance', presented at the London Weekend Conference for English-Speaking Societies in 1990
The Therapeutic Alliance. Edited by Steven T. Levy, M.D.