Full Description
Masud Khan (1924-1989) was an eminent and, ultimately, scandalous British psychoanalyst. From August 1967 to March 1980, he wrote his Work Books, a diary in thirty-nine volumes, containing observations and reflections on his own life, the world of psychoanalysis, his evolving theoretical formulations, Western culture, and the turbulent social and political developments of the time.
This volume comprises the fifteenth to the twenty-eighth Work Books, written in the years after the death of his colleague and mentor Donald Winnicott, and they document the start of his decline into isolation, grandiosity, and alcoholism. Yet, he retains his tremendous wit and sharp observational skills to continue to provide a lively account of psychoanalytic politics and people, high society, and the intelligentsia of Britain, the US, and Continental Europe.
Khan's skill as a writer makes this second volume of his Work Books as unputdownable as the first. It is ideal reading for those interested in psychoanalysis, history, or life stories.
Contents
Acknowledgements
About the editors
Forward by Candace Orcutt
Preface by Linda Hopkins
Note to the reader
THE WORK BOOKS
Work Book 15 — 27 January 1972 - 17 May 1972
Work Book 16 — 17 May 1972 - 27 November 1972
Work Book 17 — 1 December 1972 - 13 July 1973
Work Book 18 — 21 July 1973 - 11 October 1973
Work Book 19 — 13 October 1973 - 6 February 1974
Work Book 20 — 7 February 1974 -16 August 1974
Work Book 21 — 17 August 1974 - 20 February 1975
Work Book 22 — 21 February 1975 - 4 April 1975
Work Book 23 — 4 April 1975 - 8 May 1975
Work Book 24 — 8 May 1975 - 13 June 1975
Work Book 26 — 17 June 1975 - 17 July 1975
Work Book 27 — 17 July 1975 - 31 August 1975
Work Book 20 — 1 September 1975 - 29 December 1975
Index
