Faces in a Cloud

Intersubjectivity in Personality Theory

By: George E. Atwood (Editor), Robert D. Stolorow (Editor)

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1 September 1993

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In this new edition of their now classic work, George Atwood and Robert Stolorow explore the ways in which a theory of personality is influenced and colored by the subjective world of the theorist. Using psychobiographical analyses of Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Wilhelm Reich, and Otto Rank as illustrations, the authors show how the central constructs of personality theories universalize their creators' personal solutions to the nuclear crises and dilemmas of their own life histories. Illuminating the subjective origins of a personality theory does not invalidate the theory, according to Atwood and Stolorow, but rather contributes to establishing the scope of the theory as well as its applicability to particular clinical situations. The first edition of Faces in a Cloud (published in 1979) was the seminal work out of which emerged the now influential theory of intersubjectivity - a framework that calls for a radical revision of all aspects of psychoanalytic thought. This revised edition incorporates significant new material into the psychobiographical analyses and has been completely updated and rewritten to reflect the development of the authors' viewpoint. The terminology used throughout the book to describe personal worlds of experience has been updated and refined in consonance with this contemporary theoretical perspective. The final chapter summarizes key aspects of this new perspective and offers reflections on the subjective origins of intersubjectivity theory itself.

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Faces in a Cloud shows more clearly than anything else I have read the futility of the factionalism that pervades the field of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy.--Michael F. Basch, M.D. "Psychoanalytic Review "

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Preface
Personality Theory and Subjectivity	p. 1
The Observer is the Observed	p. 5
Subjectivity and Validity
The Psychology and Sociology of Knowledge
Decentering in the Genesis of Knowledge
Attempted Circumventions of Subjectivity	p. 17
Behaviorism
Methodological Objectivism
Phenomenology
The Case Study Method	p. 27
Structures of the Subjective World
Sigmund Freud	p. 35
Ambivalence in Freud's Life	p. 38
Earliest Experiences
Adult Relationships	p. 45
The Defensive-Restitutive Function of Freud's Theories	p. 53
Summary and Conclusions	p. 59
Carl Jung	p. 61
The Subjective World in Jung's Theory	p. 66
The Collective Unconscious and Archetypes
Self-Dissolution
The Disunited Man
Individuation
The Psychological Origins of Jung's Theory	p. 83
The Genesis of the Secret
Critical Formative Experiences
The Subjectivity of Jung's Theories
Summary and Conclusions	p. 100
Wilhelm Reich	p. 101
Thematic Structure of Reich's Works	p. 104
Character Analysis and Orgastic Potency
Political Thought
Biological Research and the Treatment of Cancer
Unidentified Flying Objects
A Pivotal Childhood Trauma	p. 111
Further Aspects of Reich's Life and Thought	p. 117
Images of History, Civilization, and Nature
Summary and Conclusions	p. 124
Otto Rank	p. 125
Rank's Work	p. 128
The Birth Trauma
The Hero
The Double
The Will
Narcissistic Love
Sexual Dread and Self-Dissolution
The Artist
Rank's Life	p. 145
Evidence of Narcissistic Disturbance
Childhood Traumata
Reparative Trends
The Subjectivity of Rank's Theories
Summary and Conclusions	p. 163
From the Subjectivity of Theory to a Theory of Intersubjectivity	p. 165
Critiques of Psychoanalytic Metapsychology	p. 168
Metapsychology and the Subjective World	p. 173
Psychoanalytic Phenomenology and the Theory of Intersubjectivity	p. 176
The Unconscious
Analysis of Transference
Metapsychology, Metaphysics, and Intersubjectivity	p. 185
The Self
The Mind and the Body
The Real
The Subjectivity of Intersubjectivity Theory
References	p. 191
Index	p. 201
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