Psychology’s Dream of the Courtroom

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What contribution has “the law” made to the work of analyst and patient in the consulting room? And what insights may be drawn from putting psychology itself on trial? In this ground-breaking book, the use of legal metaphors and the courtroom analogy by Freud, Jung, and psychology more generally are examined in relation to the practice of psychotherapy and analysis. In this way, psychoanalysis and analytical psychology are shown in fresh perspective to be disciplines of truth in the spirit of a trial or court proceeding. Cover Half Title Copyright Title Dedication Permissions Acknowledgements Sources and Abbreviations Table of Contents Introduction Chapter One Law & Order meets Freud & Jung The Trials of Analysis Chapter Two Before the Bar of the Notion Chapter Three Speculative Judgment Chapter Four From Onslaught to the Witness Box Repercussions to Truth: Psychology as Counsel for the Defence Chapter Five Criminality and Psychology Chapter Six Psychology’s Dream of the Courtroom In the Light of the Logic of Crime Chapter Seven Crime and Truth Chapter Eight Once More the Shine on Binder’s Head In Lieu of an Afterword Index About the Author