Unknowable Unspeakable and Unsprung

<p><em>Unknowable Unspeakable and Unsprung </em>delves into the mysteries of scandalous behavior- behavior that can seem shocking unfathomable or self-destructive - that is outrageous and offensive on the one hand yet fascinating and exciting on the other. In the process this anthology asks fundamental questions about the self: what the self is allowed to be and do what must be disallowed and what remains unknown.</p><p>Clinicians strive to know their patients’ selves and their own as fully as possible while also facing the inevitable riddles these selves present. Covering topics ranging from trauma politics the analyst’s subjectivity and eating disorders and the body to self-revelation secrets evil and boundary issues a distinguished group of authors bring the theory practice and application of contemporary psychoanalysis to life. In doing so they use psychoanalytic perspectives not only to illuminate struggles that afflict patients seeking treatment but to shed light more broadly on contemporary human dilemmas.</p><p>This collection offers not a unified voice but rather the sound of many each in its own way trying to articulate the indescribable the unwanted and the off limits. It is a book that raises more questions than can be answered complicates as much as clarifies and contains the essential paradox of trying to talk about aspects of clinical and human experience that can never be fully seen or known. <i>Unknowable Unspeakable and Unsprung</i> offers invaluable reading to interested mental health professionals as well as to anyone intrigued by the secrets of the self.</p>