{"product_id":"interpreting-interpretation-the-limits-of-hermeneutic-psychoanalysis-yale-up-9780300076035","title":"Interpreting Interpretation: The Limits of Hermeneutic Psychoanalysis (Yale U.P)","description":"\u003cp\u003ePsychoanalytic interpretation  according to the hermeneutic view  is concerned with meaning rather than facts or causes. In this provocative book  Elyn R. Saks focuses closely on what hermeneutic psychoanalysis is and how the approaches of hermeneutic psychoanalysts differ. She finds that although these psychoanalysts use the same words  concepts  images  and analogies  they hold to at least five different positions on the truth of psychoanalytic interpretations. Saks locates within these five models the thought of such prominent analysts as Roy Schafer  Donald Spence  and George Klein. Then  approaching each model from the patients point of view  the author reaches important conclusions about treatments that patients not only willbut shouldreject.  If patients understood the true nature of the various models of hermeneutic psychoanalysis  Saks argues  they would spurn the story model  which asks patients to believe interpretations that do not purport to be true; that is  the psychoanalyst simply tells stories that give meaning to patients lives  the truth of which is not considered relevant. And patients would question the metaphor and the interpretations-as-literary-criticism models  which propose views of psychoanalysis that may be unsatisfying. In addition to discussing which hermeneutic models of treatment are plausible  Saks discusses the nature of metaphorical truth. She arrives at some penetrating insights into the theory of psychoanalysis itself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45495981801525,"sku":"ByrdShop_0300076037","price":88.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780300076035.jpg?v=1780905444","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/interpreting-interpretation-the-limits-of-hermeneutic-psychoanalysis-yale-up-9780300076035","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}