Masud Khan (1924–1989) was an eminent and, ultimately, scandalous British psychoanalyst. From August 1967 to March 1980, he wrote his Work Books, a diary in thirty-nine volumes, 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.











This volume comprises the fifteenth to the twenty-eighth Work Books, written in the years after the death of his colleague and mentor Donald Winnicott, and they document the start of his decline into isolation, grandiosity, and alcoholism. Yet, he retains his tremendous wit and sharp observational skills to continue to provide a lively account of psychoanalytic politics and people, high society, and the intelligentsia of Britain, the US, and Continental Europe.











Khan's skill as a writer makes this second volume of his Work Books as unputdownable as the first. It is ideal reading for those interested in psychoanalysis, history, or life stories.



Chief editor



Linda Hopkins, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst. She works with clients in private practice in Washington DC and is a member of the teaching faculty at the International Psychotherapy Institute (IPI) and the International Institute for Psychoanalytic Training (IIPT). She is author of False Self: The Life of Masud Khan.



 



Assistant editor



Candace Orcutt, PhD, holds a doctorate in Clinical Social Work and serves on the faculty of the New Jersey Institute for Training in Psychoanalysis. She is a certified psychoanalyst and the author of The Unanswered Self: The Masterson Approach to the Healing of Personality Disorders.



Acknowledgements



About the editors



Forward by Candace Orcutt



Preface by Linda Hopkins



Note to the reader



THE WORK BOOKS



Work Book 15 — 27 January 1972 - 17 May 1972



Work Book 16 — 17 May 1972 - 27 November 1972



Work Book 17 — 1 December 1972 - 13 July 1973



Work Book 18 — 21 July 1973 - 11 October 1973



Work Book 19 — 13 October 1973 - 6 February 1974



Work Book 20 — 7 February 1974 -16 August 1974



Work Book 21 — 17 August 1974 - 20 February 1975



Work Book 22 — 21 February 1975 - 4 April 1975



Work Book 23 — 4 April 1975 - 8 May 1975



Work Book 24 — 8 May 1975 - 13 June 1975



Work Book 26 — 17 June 1975 - 17 July 1975



Work Book 27 — 17 July 1975 - 31 August 1975



Work Book 20 — 1 September 1975 - 29 December 1975



Index