ABSTRACT

The author had a deep impact on psychoanalysis, combining a deep knowledge thereof with an avid interest in social psychology, to the benefit of both. He was a fresh thinker, always innovative, with an extensive range of interests. This is an affectionate, incisive, intelligent paean to one of the greats of psychoanalysis.

chapter |68 pages

Introduction

The rediscovery of John Rickman and his work

part I|47 pages

Observations on Psychoanalytic Theory and Technique

chapter 1|14 pages

Developments in psychoanalysis, 1896-1947

(1947)

chapter 3|11 pages

Scientific method and psychoanalysis

(1945)

chapter 4|7 pages

Number and the human sciences

(1951)

part II|40 pages

The Interpersonal and Intra-Psychic Dynamics of the Interview Situation

part III|109 pages

Disruptive Forces in Group Relations

part IV|69 pages

On the Nature of Religious and Moral Beliefs

chapter 15|25 pages

A study of Quaker beliefs

(1935)

chapter 16|15 pages

The need for a belief in God

(1937)

chapter 17|5 pages

Man without God?

(1950)

chapter 18|22 pages

The development of the moral function

(1951)