Robert Stolorow Explained

Robert D. Stolorow (born 1942) is a psychoanalyst and philosopher, known for his works on intersubjectivity theory with collaborator George E. Atwood, post-Cartesian psychoanalysis, and emotional trauma.^[1] Important books include: Faces in a Cloud (1979, 1993), Structures of Subjectivity (1984, 2014), Psychoanalytic Treatment: An Intersubjective Approach (1987), Contexts of Being (1992), Working Intersubjectively (1997), Worlds of Experience (2002), Trauma and Human Existence (2007), and World, Affectivity, Trauma: Heidegger and Post-Cartesian Psychoanalysis (2011).

He earned a PhD from Harvard Medical School.^[2]

Awards

• 2012: Hans W. Loewald Memorial Award from the International Forum for Psychoanalytic Education^[3]

Publications

• Stolorow, R. D. & Atwood, G. E. (1979, 1993). Faces in a Cloud: Subjectivity in Personality Theory. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson.
• Atwood, G. E. & Stolorow, R. D. (1984, 2014). Structures of Subjectivity: Explorations in Psychoanalytic Phenomenology and Contextualism. London & New York: Routledge.
• Stolorow, R. D., Brandchaft, B., & Atwood, G. E. (1987). Psychoanalytic Treatment: An Intersubjective Approach. Hillsdale, NJ: Analytic Press.
• Stolorow, R. D. & Atwood, G. E. (1992). Contexts of Being: The Intersubjective Foundations of Psychological Life. Hillsdale, NJ: Analytic Press.
• Orange, D. M., Atwood, G. E., & Stolorow, R. D. (1997). Working Intersubjectively: Contextualism in Psychoanalytic Practice. Hillsdale, NJ: Analytic Press.
• Stolorow, R. D., Atwood, G. E., & Orange, D. M. (2002). Worlds of Experience: Interweaving Philosophical and Clinical Dimensions in Psychoanalysis. New York: Basic Books.
• Stolorow, R. D. (2007). Trauma and Human Existence: Autobiographical, Psychoanalytic, and Philosophical Reflections. New York: Routledge.
• Stolorow, R. D. (2011). World, Affectivity, Trauma: Heidegger and Post-Cartesian Psychoanalysis. New York: Routledge.

External links

• Interview by Figure/Ground Communication

Notes and References

1. Web site: A psychodynamic treatment for PTSD shows promise for soldiers. American Psychological Association.
2. https://www.mifrasim.mta.ac.il/robert-stolorow
3. Web site: Hans W. Loewald Memorial Award. IFPE.