{"product_id":"constructing-a-mind-antonio-imbasciati-9781583917671","title":"Constructing a Mind: A New Base for Psychoanalytic Theory","description":"\u003cp\u003eCan the Protomental System provide a new foundation for psychoanalytic theory?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eConstructing a Mind\u003c\/em\u003e draws on psychoanalytic theories of mind and recent developments in cognitive science to present the Protomental System, a new and original explanatory theory of the development of the human mind. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book aims to move psychoanalytic theory away from its origins in Freud's theory, towards a model which gives priority to cognition and memory. This, Antonio Imbasciati argues, will make possible a successful and productive integration of psychoanalysis with other areas of psychology. Subjects covered include: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe mind as an information-processing system\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eConstructing the system: from fetus to baby, child, and finally adult\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe caregiver relationship as a decoding system for information processing\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe paranoid-schizoid metabolism of information\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eMemory of functions and memory traces of affects\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eInternal information generated by the system\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe depressive position and learning to know\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eReparation and thought.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis thoughtful and thorough account of cognitive development provides a conceptual framework that succeeds in making some of the more complex areas of psychoanalytic theory more intelligible. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eConstructing a Mind\u003c\/em\u003e will be of great interest to psychoanalysts, psychotherapists and cognitive psychologists, especially those with an interest in neuropsychology and neonatal development.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Antonio Imbasciati\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1583917675\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781583917671\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/04\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.45h x 6.41w x 1.10d","brand":"Antonio Imbasciati","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088590319871,"sku":"9781583917671","price":82.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0326b475-d132-4555-acdf-7aa1fbbe5653.jpg?v=1769105616","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/constructing-a-mind-antonio-imbasciati-9781583917671","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}