Main description:

Covers key psychoanalytic topics such as identity, group dynamics and loneliness * Addresses contemporary hot topics such as immigration, terrorism and politics * Draws on perspectives from a range of psychoanalytic schools of thought

Contents:

Chapter 1: Introduction: You are Not Alone . . . Part 1: Belonging and Immigration Chapter 2 Two Immigrants' Search to Find Home . . . Chapter 3 Self-fragmentation in Relation to the Need for Belonging in the Context of Adoption and Immigration. . . . Chapter 4 Identity Struggles: A Psychotherapist Working on An International Visa . . . Part 2: Belonging and Loneliness Chapter 5 Loneliness and Belonging: Islamic Terrorism. . Chapter 6 The Origins of Terrorism: The Obliteration of a Sense of Belonging. . . Chapter 7 The Unbearable Transience of Belonging. . . Part 3: Groups, Culture, and the Environment Chapter 8 Birnam Wood. . . . Chapter 9 From Attachment to Detachment: The Transformation of "Belonging" in the Kibbutz. . . Chapter 10 Belonging: The Conundrum of Interfaith Marriage. . . Chapter 11 Secure Uncoupling: A Proposed Theory of Belonging After Divorce. . . .Chapter 12: Belonging to an Awakening: The Analytic Function of Witnessing Applied to the Climate Emergency. . . Part 4: Belonging and Mindfulness Chapter 13: Where Does a Discussion of Buddhism Belong in Psychoanalysis?. . .Chapter 14: Beyond Belonging. . . Part 5: Belonging and Self-Organization Chapter 15: (Not) Belonging in One's Own Skin: Stumbling into the Space Between Obsessions. . . Chapter 16: Confusion of Belongings: Ms. F. in Search of True Belonging. . . Chapter 17: Belonging To, Belonging With, and the Right to Privacy. . .Part 6: Belonging. The Psychoanalyst, and the Psychoanalytic Process. . . Chapter 18: Belonging and Not Belonging: The Analyst's Peculiar Paradox. . . Chapter 19: Psychoanalysis and the Disavowal of Classism . . . Chapter 20: To Belong Broadly or Affiliate Narrowly? Psychoanalysis' Pluralism Problem. . . Chapter 21: Belonging and Choosing Not to Belong to a Psychoanalytic Society. . . Part 7 Conclusions Chapter 22: Reflections, Discussion and Conclusions: From Primary Attachment to an Individual To Belonging to a Greater Whole.