Manifesto for psychoanalysis

A controversial book that touches on sensitive points in psychoanalysis' relationship with society. This book arises from the authors' movement to oppose the proposed French law, which seeks to restrict psychoanalysis to the general field of psychotherapy. The "manifesto" thus appears as a document that underscores the enormous difference between psychoanalysis and other psychological, psychiatric, and social work practices. The Manifesto for Psychoanalysis aims to be both an explicit defense and support of what psychoanalytic discourse truly is, in its theoretical dimension and clinical experience. It presents an exposition of the ethical assumptions of analytic praxis, threatened by the spread of certain contemporary clinical practices. The book contains five articles, an epilogue, and the Manifesto for Psychoanalysis, revised by psychoanalyst Joel Birman.