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Author(s) -
Briggs Stephen
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
british journal of psychotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1752-0118
pISSN - 0265-9883
DOI - 10.1111/bjp.12406
Subject(s) - psychoanalytic theory , plea , subjectivity , psychology , epistemology , focus (optics) , psychoanalysis , philosophy , physics , optics , political science , law
This response welcomes Bob Hinshelwood's plea for research in the psychoanalytic setting, and his discussion of processes for clarifying concepts and for the comparative examination of different positions. I suggest that the aims of Hinshelwood's project could be more effectively realized within a social science approach and discuss some implications for ways of conceptualizing science, theory and subjectivity. I suggest that the focus for research within the psychoanalytic setting should include how clinical practice is evolving under changing social contexts.