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Man’s Picture of His World and Three Papers

Author: Roger Money-Kyrle

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This new edition of Roger Money-Kyrle’s classic work is published together with three of his late papers, ‘Cognitive development’, ‘The aim of psychoanalysis’, and ‘On being a psychoanalyst’. Its intention is to introduce new readers to this key Kleinian thinker, whose influence has been quiet and uncontroversial but deep and formative. The book also includes Donald Meltzer’s discussion of the paper on ‘Cognitive development’.

Author

Roger Money-Kyrle
ISBN

9781782202257
Format

Paperback, e-Book, Print & e-Book
Page Extent

288
Publication Date

March 2014
Subject Areas

Psychoanalysis, Psychoanalytic Theory
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Roger Money-Kyrle’s classic work throws light on the construction and distortions of our world-model, on the emergence of thinking and of subjective experience. His interest in the cognitive aspect of instinct (instinctive knowledge) and his exploration of the patient’s inhibitions as a product of his misconceptions has profound theoretical and clinical implications. The richness of Money-Kyrle’s psychoanalytic ideas is enhanced by his capacity to bridge different fields of knowledge such as philosophy, aesthetics, ethics and politics. This new edition includes three of his additional papers and Donald Meltzer’s discussion of the key paper on ‘Cognitive Development’.

Contents

Contents

Foreword
Meg Harris Williams

Introduction: On being a psychoanalyst (1977)

Preface to Man’s Picture of His World

PART I

1. The nature of the evidence
2. Instinct and evolution
3. Instinct in the child
4. The construction of our world-model
5. Distortions in our world-model

PART II

6. Beliefs and evaluations
7. On aesthetics
8. On ethics
9. Morals and the problem of political agreement
10. On avoidable sources of conflict
11. On political philosophies

PART III

12. Cognitive development (1968)
13. The aim of psychoanalysis (1971)

Appendix 1: Roger Money-Kyrle
Donald Meltzer

Appendix 2: Does Money-Kyrle’s concept of misconception have any unique descriptive power?
Donald Meltzer

References
Index

About the Author

About the Author

Roger Money-Kyrle (1898–1980) was an influential psychoanalyst particularly noted for his promotion and development of the ideas of Melanie Klein. He was analysed by Ernest Jones, by Freud and later by Klein. Initially his interest in psychoanalysis was stimulated in connection with his work in philosophy, anthropology, and the social sciences generally, but following his analysis with Klein he became a practising analyst and subsequently a training analyst. His papers reflect both his interest in the contributions that psychoanalytic thought could make to understanding social problems, in particular in matters of war and politics, and also his contributions to analytic theory and praxis.

2 reviews for Man’s Picture of His World and Three Papers

  1. Catalina Bronstein, Visiting Professor, Psychoanalysis Unit, University College London, and Fellow, British Psychoanalytical Society –

    ‘“Man’s Picture of His World” is an illuminating book by an outstanding thinker. Roger Money-Kyrle throws light on the construction and distortions of our world-model, on the emergence of thinking and of subjective experience. His interest in the cognitive aspect of instinct (instinctive knowledge) and his exploration of the patient’s inhibitions as a product of his misconceptions has profound theoretical and clinical implications. The richness of Money-Kyrle’s psychoanalytic ideas is enhanced by his capacity to bridge different fields of knowledge such as philosophy, aesthetics, ethics and politics. This is a most valuable and enlightening book.’

  2. John Steiner, psychoanalyst and author of ‘Psychic Retreats and Seeing and Being Seen’ –

    ‘From the wide range of ideas created by this highly original and very English psychoanalyst those connected with cognitive development stand out. Money-Kyrle describes why “the facts of life” are so difficult for us to accept. These facts are all to do with differences. First, the difference between generations, second, the difference between the sexes, and third, the reality of the passage of time. They are hated because they provoke envy and threaten omnipotence, and a mythology is invented to deny them and to avoid having to face our mortality, and our dependence on others.’

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