Selected Papers of Salman Akhtar

Salman Akhtar is a Professor of Psychiatry, a Training and Supervising Analyst, a member of numerous editorial boards, winner of many awards, including the highly prestigious Sigourney Award, a writer of several hundred articles, a poet, and the author or editor of over one hundred books. A modern-day Renaissance man, his elegant writing is simultaneously scholarly and literary and brings a light touch to profound material. Phoenix Publishing House is proud to present his most inspiring works in a stunning ten-volume hardback set, fit to grace the shelves of collectors and libraries with its high-quality finish.



Salman Akhtar, MD, is Professor of Psychiatry at Jefferson Medical College and a Training and Supervising Analyst at the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia. He has served on the editorial boards of The International Journal of Psychoanalysis, the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, and the Psychoanalytic Quarterly. His nearly 400 publications include 99 books, of which the following 20 are solo-authored: Broken Structures (1992), Quest for Answers (1995), Inner Torment (1999), Immigration and Identity (1999), New Clinical Realms (2003), Objects of Our Desire (2005), Regarding Others (2007), Turning Points in Dynamic Psychotherapy (2009), The Damaged Core (2009), Comprehensive Dictionary of Psychoanalysis (2009), Immigration and Acculturation (2011), Matters of Life and Death (2011), The Book of Emotions (2012), Psychoanalytic Listening (2013), Good Stuff (2013), Sources of Suffering (2014), No Holds Barred (2016), A Web of Sorrow (2017), Mind, Culture, and Global Unrest (2018), and Silent Virtues (2019). Dr Akhtar has delivered many prestigious invited lectures including a Plenary Address at the 2nd International Congress of the International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders in Oslo, Norway (1991), an Invited Plenary Paper at the 2nd International Margaret S. Mahler Symposium in Cologne, Germany (1993), an Invited Plenary Paper at the Rencontre Franco-Americaine de Psychanalyse meeting in Paris, France (1994), a Keynote Address at the 43rd IPA Congress in Rio de Janiero, Brazil (2005), the Plenary Address at the 150th Freud Birthday Celebration sponsored by the Dutch Psychoanalytic Society and the Embassy of Austria in Leiden, Holland (2006), and the Inaugural Address at the first IPA-Asia Congress in Beijing, China (2010). Dr Akhtar is the recipient of numerous awards including the American Psychoanalytic Association's Edith Sabshin Award (2000), Columbia University's Robert Liebert Award for Distinguished Contributions to Applied Psychoanalysis (2004), the American Psychiatric Association's Kun Po Soo Award (2004) and Irma Bland Award for being the Outstanding Teacher of Psychiatric Residents in the country (2005). He received the highly prestigious Sigourney Award (2012) for distinguished contributions to psychoanalysis. In 2103, he gave the Commencement Address at graduation ceremonies of the Smith College School of Social Work in Northampton, MA. Dr Akhtar's books have been translated into many languages, including German, Italian, Korean, Persian, Romanian, Serbian, Spanish, and Turkish. A true Renaissance man, Dr Akhtar has served as the Film Review Editor for The International Journal of Psychoanalysis, and is currently serving as the Book Review Editor for the International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies. He has published 9 collections of poetry and serves as a Scholar-in-Residence at the Inter-Act Theatre Company in Philadelphia.



VOLUME I: CHARACTER PATHOLOGY Part I - Specific Personality Disorders Schizoid Personality Disorder (1987) Hypomanic Personality Disorder (1988) Narcissistic Personality Disorder (1989) Paranoid Personality Disorder (1990) Borderline Personality Disorder (1992) Antisocial Personality Disorder (1992) Histrionic, Schizotypal, Masochistic, and 'As-If' Personality Disorders (1992/2020) Part II: Some Other Character Types The Other Woman (1985) The Shy Narcissist (2000) The Voyeur (2019) The Work Addict (2019) The Hoarder (2019) VOLUME II: METAPSYCHOLOGY AND FANTASY Part I: Metapsychology On Freud's 'Negation' (2011) On Freud's 'The Unconscious' (2013) On Freud's 'Repression' (2020) Part II: Motivation Aggression (1995) On Freud's 'Beyond the Pleasure Principle' (2011) Part III: Polarities Kohut vs Kernberg (1988) The Need-Wish Distinction (1999) Part IV: Structure Object Constancy (1994) Identity (1999) Part V: Fantasy The Prolonged Embrace Fantasy (1991/2020) Tethers, Orbits, and Invisible Fences (1992) 'Someday' and 'If-Only' Fantasies (1996) The Schizoid Wish to Die and Be Reborn (2009) VOLUME III: NEGATIVE EMOTIONS AND ATTITUDES Hatred (1999) Deception (2009) Guilt (2013) Betrayal (2013) Fear (2014) Greed (2014) Revenge (2014) Hopelessness (2015) Shamelessness (2016) Jealousy (2017) Mistrust (2017) Regret (2017) Arrogance (2018) VOLUME IV: POSITIVE EMOTIONS AND ATTITUDES Love (1999) Forgiveness (2002) Happiness (2010) Playfulness (2011) Goodness (2011) Generosity (2012) Gratitude (2013) Courage (2013) Dignity (2015) Patience (2015) Curiosity (2017) Humility (2018) Intimacy (2019) Privacy (2019) VOLUME V: THERAPEUTIC TECHNIQUE Part I: Setting The Analyst's Office (2009) The Analyst's Attitude (2009) Initial Assessment (2009) Boundaries (2009) Money (2009) Part II: Listening Listening in Four Different Ways (2013) Listening to Silence (2013) Listening to Actions (2013) Listening to Oneself (2013) Impediments to Listening (2013) Part III: Interventions From Simplicity Through Contradiction to Paradox (1998) From Schisms Through Synthesis to Informed Oscillation (2000) Understanding and Managing Disruptions (2009) Understanding and Managing Suicidal Threats (2009) Refusing to Listen to Certain Kinds of Material (2013) Psychoanalytic Treatment of Trauma and the Analyst's Personality (2014) Development Facilitating Interventions (2022) VOLUME VI: IMMIGRATION AND EXILE Part I: Leaving and Arriving Four Tracks of Identity Transformation Following Immigration (1995) Psychosocial Variables Associated with Immigration (1999) The Trauma of Geographical Dislocation (2007) Part II: Being and Becoming Work and Money (2011) Sex and Marriage (2011) Friendship and Socialization (2011) Politics and Religion (2011) Part III: The Dusk and the Dawn Encountering Middle Age and Getting Old (2011) The Next Generation (2011) Part IV: Treatment Considerations Guidelines for Treating Immigrant Patients (1999/2007) Guidelines for Treating the Offspring of Immigrant Parents (1999/2011) Child and Family Interventions, Community Outreach, and Psychoanalytically Informed Advice (1999) The Immigrant Therapist (1999/2006) VOLUME VII: PSYCHOANALYSIS AND CULTURE Prologue Psychoanalysis and Culture: Theory and Technique (2013) Part I: Global Turmoil Racial, Religious, and Ethnic Prejudice (2007) Mental Pain of Minorities (2014) Violence (with Shawn Blue, 2017) Part II: Islam and Muslims Muslims in the Psychoanalytic World (2008) Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the Founder of Pakistan (with Manasi Kumar, 2008) The So-Called Radical Islamic Terrorism (2018) Part III: Essays Pertaining to India Psychoanalysis in India (with Pratyusha Tummala-Narra, 2005) Bollywood and the Indian Unconscious (with Komal Choksi, 2005) Hindu-Muslim Relations in India (2005) Where Is India in My Psychoanalytic Work? (2015) Epilogue Psychoanalysis and Culture: Education and Training (2018) VOLUME VIII: PSYCHIC DEVELOPMENT Part I: Formative Experiences The Role of a Mentor (2000) Early Relationships