Name: The Psychic Home By Roger Kennedy (Training Analyst, British Psychoanalytical Society, Consultant Child Psychiatrist, The Child and Family Practice, London, UK)
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The Psychic Home: Psychoanalysis, consciousness and the human soul by Roger Kennedy (Training Analyst, British Psychoanalytical Society, Consultant Child Psychiatrist, The Child and Family Practice, London, UK)

The Psychic Home: Psychoanalysis of Consciousness and the Human Soul develops, from a number of different viewpoints, the significance of home in our lives. Roger Kennedy puts forward the central role of what he has termed a 'psychic home' as a vital psychic structure, which gathers together a number of different human functions. Kennedy questions what we mean by the powerfully evocative notion of the human soul, which has important links to the notion of home and he suggests that what makes us human is that we allow a home for the soul. As an illustration of this concept he explores how it can help to understand a vital element of William Wordsworth's development as a poet.

The word soul is both abstract and yet also powerfully emotive. Kennedy shows that it can be approached from a number of different angles, from psychoanalysis, philosophy, religion, sociology, literature and neuroscience. The Psychic Home, discusses the mysteries and complexities of the soul, and aims to evoke some restoration of its place in our thinking. It illustrates how the word soul and similar key words, such as spirit and inwardness, express so much that is essential for humans, even if we cannot be too precise about their meanings.

Insightful, enlightening and broad reaching, The Psychic Home brings the concept of the soul centre stage as an entity that is elemental, an essence, irreducible, and what makes us human as subjects of experience. It will be essential reading for psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, neuroscientists, philosophers and those interested in spirituality and religion.

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Through an erudite examination of our roots, in terms such as soul, Kennedy convincingly proposes that all of us live in a psychic home. From this intellectual platform, he re-examines the concept of identity in psychoanalysis, tracing it back to the works of Aristotle, then Wordsworth, to Freud. What emerges is a stunningly new and convincing theory of the self that is both moving and inspiring. - Christopher Bollas, psychoanalyst practising in London

Roger Kennedy gives fresh meaning to the idea of 'soul', and to the concept of 'home' both externally and as an interior, subjective space. With the concept of a 'home for the soul' he explores the poetry of Wordsworth, and themes such as loneliness, happiness and identity. This is a wonderfully wide-ranging book that reveals in how many ways psychoanalytic thinking can enrich our understanding of life. - Michael Parsons, training analyst for the British Psychoanalytical Society and member of the French Psychoanalytic Association

The human soul may be a philosophical outcast, but it remains a psychological reality close to the centre of our being. Kennedy brings his sensitivity as a child psychiatrist to bear on the task of the soul's rehabilitation. His wise and eloquent book goes a long way to providing the soul with a scientific as well as a spiritual home. - Nicholas Humphrey, Darwin College, Cambridge

Through an erudite examination of our roots, in terms such as soul, Kennedy convincingly proposes that all of us live in a psychic home. From this intellectual platform, he re-examines the concept of identity in psychoanalysis, tracing it back to the works of Aristotle, then Wordsworth, to Freud. What emerges is a stunningly new and convincing theory of the self that is both moving and inspiring. - Christopher Bollas, psychoanalyst practising in London

Roger Kennedy gives fresh meaning to the idea of 'soul', and to the concept of 'home' both externally and as an interior, subjective space. With the concept of a 'home for the soul' he explores the poetry of Wordsworth, and themes such as loneliness, happiness and identity. This is a wonderfully wide-ranging book that reveals in how many ways psychoanalytic thinking can enrich our understanding of life. - Michael Parsons, training analyst for the British Psychoanalytical Society and member of the French Psychoanalytic Association

The human soul may be a philosophical outcast, but it remains a psychological reality close to the centre of our being. Kennedy brings his sensitivity as a child psychiatrist to bear on the task of the soul's rehabilitation. His wise and eloquent book goes a long way to providing the soul with a scientific as well as a spiritual home. - Nicholas Humphrey, Darwin College, Cambridge

The book is a mixture of reflection and integration of diverse disciplines (philosophy, religion, sociology, psychology, literature, history, neuroscience, psychoanalysis) that leads to an expansion of ideas. He brings together works of art, personal and clinical experience, philosophical contemplation, psychoanalytic exploration and even architecture with what feels like a lively and sophisticated conversation. - Tuba Tokgoz, clinical psychologist and licensed psychoanalyst. To read this review in full please see the following Tuba Tokgoz (2021) The psychic home: psychoanalysis, consciousness and the human soul, The International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 102:1, 201-206, DOI: 10.1080/00207578.2020.1795871

About Roger Kennedy (Training Analyst, British Psychoanalytical Society, Consultant Child Psychiatrist, The Child and Family Practice, London, UK)

Roger Kennedy is a psychoanalyst in private practice and past president, British Psychoanalytical Society. He worked for 30 years as an NHS consultant. He is a child psychiatrist at the Child and Family Practice and at Ashwood Associates. He has published twelve previous books, including Psychoanalysis, History and Subjectivity (Routledge, 2002) and The Many Voices of Psychoanalysis (Routledge, 2007).

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9780415710145

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Title

The Psychic Home: Psychoanalysis, consciousness and the human soul by Roger Kennedy (Training Analyst, British Psychoanalytical Society, Consultant Child Psychiatrist, The Child and Family Practice, London, UK)

Author

Roger Kennedy (Training Analyst, British Psychoanalytical Society, Consultant Child Psychiatrist, The Child and Family Practice, London, UK)

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Taylor & Francis Ltd

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2014-02-05

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160

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The Psychic Home Roger Kennedy (Training Analyst, British Psychoanalytical Society, Consultant Child Psychiatrist, The Child and Family Practice, London, UK)

The Psychic Home by Roger Kennedy (Training Analyst, British Psychoanalytical Society, Consultant Child Psychiatrist, The Child and Family Practice, London, UK)

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The Psychic Home: Psychoanalysis, consciousness and the human soul by Roger Kennedy (Training Analyst, British Psychoanalytical Society, Consultant Child Psychiatrist, The Child and Family Practice, London, UK)

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About Roger Kennedy (Training Analyst, British Psychoanalytical Society, Consultant Child Psychiatrist, The Child and Family Practice, London, UK)

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