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Jon Mills: Origins: On the Genesis of Psychic Reality

Jon Mills: Origins: On the Genesis of Psychic Reality 414 BOOK REVIEWS Origins: On the Genesis of Psychic Reality, by Jon Mills, McGill-Queen’s University Press, London, 2011, 304pp. Jon Mills’ latest book is one, if not the most, fascinating and erudite presentation on the subject of the relation of psychoanalysis and philosophy known to this reviewer. Mills is very well equipped being a professional philosopher and psycho- analyst. It is by no means an easy book to follow. Mills makes every attempt to define the issues both within the text and in the footnotes that he is most concerned to treat. There is enough for the general reader and more for those who follow the argument professionally. The vastness of the book, however, precludes any detailed critical exposition. This would require an article if not a book in itself. I have therefore chosen to quote the author directly whenever feasible. My hope in this review is therefore to convey not the essence of the book but its flavor. Each reader will have to decide for him- or herself the benefits it hopes to derive, consistent with their own interests. This reviewer personally found Mills’ book a page turner. Mills sees the future of psychoanalysis embedded in our cultural http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Journal of Psychoanalysis Springer Journals

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Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2013 by Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis
Subject
Psychology; Clinical Psychology; Psychotherapy; Psychoanalysis
ISSN
0002-9548
eISSN
1573-6741
DOI
10.1057/ajp.2013.32
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414 BOOK REVIEWS Origins: On the Genesis of Psychic Reality, by Jon Mills, McGill-Queen’s University Press, London, 2011, 304pp. Jon Mills’ latest book is one, if not the most, fascinating and erudite presentation on the subject of the relation of psychoanalysis and philosophy known to this reviewer. Mills is very well equipped being a professional philosopher and psycho- analyst. It is by no means an easy book to follow. Mills makes every attempt to define the issues both within the text and in the footnotes that he is most concerned to treat. There is enough for the general reader and more for those who follow the argument professionally. The vastness of the book, however, precludes any detailed critical exposition. This would require an article if not a book in itself. I have therefore chosen to quote the author directly whenever feasible. My hope in this review is therefore to convey not the essence of the book but its flavor. Each reader will have to decide for him- or herself the benefits it hopes to derive, consistent with their own interests. This reviewer personally found Mills’ book a page turner. Mills sees the future of psychoanalysis embedded in our cultural

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The American Journal of Psychoanalysis – Springer Journals

Published: Dec 6, 2013

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