John Munder Ross
Biographic Data
| ID | 5211442 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Munder Ross |
| GIVEN NAMES | John Munder |
| FAMILY NAME | Ross |
| SIGNATURE | ROSS J M |
| AFFILIATIONS | 243 West End Avenue New York, NY 10023 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Death by Silence ( Totschweigen ) in Indian Psychoanalysis: Kakar, Masson, and Freud’s Abandonment of the Seduction Theory
In this paper, we examine the controversy surrounding Freudian theories, which the Indian psychoanalyst Sudhir Kakar was aware of, namely, the abandonment of the seduction theory and the construction of the Oedipus Complex. Jeffrey Masson, the disillusioned psychoanalyst, who was in communication with Kakar in the 1980s, called Freud’s abandonment of seduction theory “the assault on truth”. Both Kakar and Masson also wrote about India but from di…
Sudhir Kakar (1938–2024)
Sudhir Kakar, the father of Indian psychoanalysis, died on April 22, 2024, at the age of 85 years. Born in Nainital in 1938, he grew up in Sargodha (now in Pakistan), Rohtak, and Delhi. Kakar belonged to an upper caste Hindu family, well connected to the industrialist elites in India. Kakar became a psychoanalyst after meeting his guru Erik Erikson. After Girindrasekhar Bose, Kakar was one of the most creative psychoanalysts of modern India. He w…
Tales of Love, Sex, and Danger
First published in 1986, this ground-breaking work addresses two complex and very human emotions—love and erotic passion—as these appear in the great love stories of the world. Starting with the story of Romeo and Juliet and its roots in European Christianity, the authors uncover hidden depths of cultural and universal significance in famous romantic tales of the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent—‘Layla and Majnun’, ‘Heer and Ranjha’, ‘Sohn…
Trauma and Abuse in the Case of Little Hans: A Contemporary Perspective
Newly available interviews with Max and Herbert Graf describe the severe pathology of Little Hans's mother and her mistreatment of her husband and her daughter, who committed suicide as an adult. Reread in this context, the text of “A Phobia in a Five-year-old Boy” provides ample evidence of Frau Graf's sexual seduction and emotional manipulation of her son, which exacerbated his age-expectable castration and separation anxiety, and her beating o…
Preconscious defence analysis, memory and structural change
Beginning with the ways in which the use of the couch lends ‘depth to the surface’ (Erikson, 1954), I explore the topography of the inter‐ and intrasubjective psychoanalytic situation and process. I suggest that defences are not by definition unconscious but rather can be observed operating at conscious and preconscious levels, particularly under these conditions. A focus on preconscious disavowal provides a window on what has become unconscious …
Introduction to “Being Gay and Becoming a Psychoanalyst: Across Three Generations”
Once More Onto the Couch: Consciousness and Preconscious Defenses in Psychoanalysis
Use of the couch in the analytic situation has a unique impact on the consciousness of both participants in the process. The hypnagogic state of the supine analysand and its resonance with the empathic reverie of the unseen analyst are explored, with a focus not on the contents of analysts' countertransferential associations, but on the diverse but converging modes in which they represent their patients' verbal productions. A clinical example is …
Freud and Forbidden Knowledge
The Fate of Relatives and Colleagues in the Aftermath of Boundary Violations
The Clinical Relevance of the Contribution of Winnicott
Meeting of the New York Psychoanalytic Society
The Development of Paternal Identity: A Critical Review of the Literature on Nurturance and Generativity in Boys and Men
“In phantasy he was a mother and wanted children with whom he could repeat the endearments that he had experienced himself.” ( Freud, A Case of a Phobia in a Five Year Old, 1909
Preconscious defence analysis, memory and structural change
Beginning with the ways in which the use of the couch lends ‘depth to the surface’ (Erikson, 1954), I explore the topography of the inter‐ and intrasubjective psychoanalytic situation and process. I suggest that defences are not by definition unconscious but rather can be observed operating at conscious and preconscious levels, particularly under these conditions. A focus on preconscious disavowal provides a window on what has become unconscious …
Trauma and Abuse in the Case of Little Hans: A Contemporary Perspective
Newly available interviews with Max and Herbert Graf describe the severe pathology of Little Hans's mother and her mistreatment of her husband and her daughter, who committed suicide as an adult. Reread in this context, the text of “A Phobia in a Five-year-old Boy” provides ample evidence of Frau Graf's sexual seduction and emotional manipulation of her son, which exacerbated his age-expectable castration and separation anxiety, and her beating o…
The Fate of Relatives and Colleagues in the Aftermath of Boundary Violations
Once More Onto the Couch: Consciousness and Preconscious Defenses in Psychoanalysis
Use of the couch in the analytic situation has a unique impact on the consciousness of both participants in the process. The hypnagogic state of the supine analysand and its resonance with the empathic reverie of the unseen analyst are explored, with a focus not on the contents of analysts' countertransferential associations, but on the diverse but converging modes in which they represent their patients' verbal productions. A clinical example is …
Freud and Forbidden Knowledge
The Clinical Relevance of the Contribution of Winnicott
The Development of Paternal Identity: A Critical Review of the Literature on Nurturance and Generativity in Boys and Men
“In phantasy he was a mother and wanted children with whom he could repeat the endearments that he had experienced himself.” ( Freud, A Case of a Phobia in a Five Year Old, 1909
Meeting of the New York Psychoanalytic Society
The Clinical Relevance of the Contribution of Winnicott
Freud and Forbidden Knowledge
The Fate of Relatives and Colleagues in the Aftermath of Boundary Violations
Once More Onto the Couch: Consciousness and Preconscious Defenses in Psychoanalysis
Use of the couch in the analytic situation has a unique impact on the consciousness of both participants in the process. The hypnagogic state of the supine analysand and its resonance with the empathic reverie of the unseen analyst are explored, with a focus not on the contents of analysts' countertransferential associations, but on the diverse but converging modes in which they represent their patients' verbal productions. A clinical example is …
Introduction to “Being Gay and Becoming a Psychoanalyst: Across Three Generations”
Preconscious defence analysis, memory and structural change
Beginning with the ways in which the use of the couch lends ‘depth to the surface’ (Erikson, 1954), I explore the topography of the inter‐ and intrasubjective psychoanalytic situation and process. I suggest that defences are not by definition unconscious but rather can be observed operating at conscious and preconscious levels, particularly under these conditions. A focus on preconscious disavowal provides a window on what has become unconscious …
Trauma and Abuse in the Case of Little Hans: A Contemporary Perspective
Newly available interviews with Max and Herbert Graf describe the severe pathology of Little Hans's mother and her mistreatment of her husband and her daughter, who committed suicide as an adult. Reread in this context, the text of “A Phobia in a Five-year-old Boy” provides ample evidence of Frau Graf's sexual seduction and emotional manipulation of her son, which exacerbated his age-expectable castration and separation anxiety, and her beating o…
Tales of Love, Sex, and Danger
First published in 1986, this ground-breaking work addresses two complex and very human emotions—love and erotic passion—as these appear in the great love stories of the world. Starting with the story of Romeo and Juliet and its roots in European Christianity, the authors uncover hidden depths of cultural and universal significance in famous romantic tales of the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent—‘Layla and Majnun’, ‘Heer and Ranjha’, ‘Sohn…
Sudhir Kakar (1938–2024)
Sudhir Kakar, the father of Indian psychoanalysis, died on April 22, 2024, at the age of 85 years. Born in Nainital in 1938, he grew up in Sargodha (now in Pakistan), Rohtak, and Delhi. Kakar belonged to an upper caste Hindu family, well connected to the industrialist elites in India. Kakar became a psychoanalyst after meeting his guru Erik Erikson. After Girindrasekhar Bose, Kakar was one of the most creative psychoanalysts of modern India. He w…
Death by Silence ( Totschweigen ) in Indian Psychoanalysis: Kakar, Masson, and Freud’s Abandonment of the Seduction Theory
In this paper, we examine the controversy surrounding Freudian theories, which the Indian psychoanalyst Sudhir Kakar was aware of, namely, the abandonment of the seduction theory and the construction of the Oedipus Complex. Jeffrey Masson, the disillusioned psychoanalyst, who was in communication with Kakar in the 1980s, called Freud’s abandonment of seduction theory “the assault on truth”. Both Kakar and Masson also wrote about India but from di…
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