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"Psychoanalysts have long been aware of the fact that extraordinary intelligence and alarming corruption can co-exist in the same individual. However, the case of Masud Khan is truly extraordinary. He combined erudition and charm with thoroughgoing contempt. The psychoanalytic profession owes a deep debt of gratitude to Steven Kuchuck and Linda Hopkins, who systematically collected Khan's papers so that we can study them for ourselves." Glen O. Gabbard, MD, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine

"These beautifully edited Work Books offer a rare glimpse into the mind of a complicated psychoanalyst. We have much to learn from Khan about how to be a human being and, moreover, how not to be." Professor Estela V. Welldon, Emeritus Consultant Psychiatrist in Psychotherapy, Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust

Masud Khan (1924-1989), was an eminent and, ultimately, scandalous British psychoanalyst who trained and practised in London during an important period in the development of psychoanalysis. From August 1967 to March 1980, he wrote his 39 volume Work Books, a diary 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.

In this first volume, readers will find fascinating entries on Khan's colleague and mentor Donald Winnicott and other well-known analysts of the period, including Anna Freud. Also featuring in these pages are leaders in the world of culture and the arts such as Julie Andrews, the Redgraves and Henri Cartier-Bresson.

Contents:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

FOREWORD by Professor Brett Kahr

PREFACE by Linda Hopkins and Steven Kuchuck

NOTE TO THE READER

THE WORK BOOKS

I 14 August 1967 - 20 August 1968

II 20 August 1968 - 10 April 1969

III 12 April 1969 - 29 June 1969

IV 1 July 1969 - 17 August 1969

V 17 August 1969 - 13 October 1969

VI 15 October 1969 - 23 February 1970

VII 23 February 1970 - 15 April 1970

VIII 15 April 1970 - 15 August 1970

IX 15 August1970 - 26 October 1970

X 27 October 1970 - 26 December 1970

XI 26 December 1970 - 7 March 1971

XII 7 March 1971 - 5 May 1971

XIII 6 May 1971 - 25 July 1971

XIV 25 July 1971 - 26 January 1972

INDEX