Book Announcement by Steven Kuchuck (USA)

Masud Khan (1924-1989) was an eminent and, ultimately, scandalous British psychoanalyst who trained and practiced in London during an important period in the development of psychoanalysis. From August 1967 to March 1980, he wrote a 39-volume series of Work Books, a diary containing observations and reflections on his own life, the world of psychoanalysis, his evolving theoretical formulations, Western culture, and the turbulent social and political developments of the time.

In this first volume from Karnac Books, co-editors Linda Hopkins and Steven Kuchuck present never-before published entries annotated for a contemporary readership. Included are fascinating entries on Khan’s colleague and mentor Donald Winnicott and other well-known analysts of the period, including Anna Freud. Also featuring in these pages are leaders in the world of culture and the arts, such as Julie Andrews, the Redgraves and Henri Cartier-Bresson.

Steven Kuchuck, DSW is former Editor-in-Chief of Psychoanalytic Perspectives, where he currently serves as Senior Consulting Editor; Past President of IARPP; Faculty, NYU Postdoctoral Program, NIP National Training Program, and other institutes. His recent book, The Relational Revolution in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy (Confer, 2021), was nominated for a Gradiva Award for best psychoanalytic book of 2021, an award he won in 2015 for Clinical Implications of the Psychoanalyst’s Life Experience and in 2016 for The Legacy of Sandor Ferenczi: From Ghost to Ancestor (co-edited with Adrienne Harris). He currently co-edits Karnac Book’s new series, New Directions in Contemporary Psychoanalysis.

Linda Hopkins, Ph.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist and certified psychoanalyst with a private practice in Washington DC. She did full analytic training twice, once at the Philadelphia School of Psychoanalysis and then at the International Institute for Psychoanalytic Training (IIPT) in Bethesda, Maryland. She is a member of the American Psychoanalytic Association, the International Psychoanalytical Association, and Division 39 of the American Psychological Association. She is the author of False Self: The Life of Masud Khan (Karnac, 2022).

Steven Kuchuck, DSW
New York, NY, USA
stevenkuchuck@gmail.com

Linda Hopkins, Ph.D.
Washington, DC, USA
hopkins222@verizon.net