Robin S. Brown Explained

Robin S. Brown
Known For:	Relational psychoanalysis, Analytical psychology, Transpersonal psychology
Organization:	Teachers College, Columbia University

Robin S. Brown is a psychoanalyst and academic.^[1] His work has been associated with a “philosophical turn” in psychoanalysis,^{[2] [3]} and has received interdisciplinary attention in the fields of psychoanalysis,^{[4] [5] [6] [7]} analytical psychology,^{[8] [9]} and transpersonal psychology.^[10] He is the recipient of an award from the American Board and Academy of Psychoanalysis^[11] for his book, Psychoanalysis Beyond the End of Metaphysics: Thinking Towards the Post-Relational (Routledge).^[12] Joseph Cambray, president of the International Association of Analytical Psychology, described the book as: "A powerful, incisive critical analysis of the state of contemporary psychoanalysis"; while Lewis Aron referred to the book as "a penetrating and sophisticated critique"^[13]

Selected publications

• Brown, R.S. (2020). Groundwork for a Transpersonal Psychoanalysis: Spirituality, Relationship, and Participation. Abingdon, UK; New York: Routledge.
• Brown, R. S. (2018). Imaginal action: Towards a jungian conception of enactment, and an extraverted counterpart to active imagination. Journal of Analytical Psychology, 63(2), 186–206.
• Brown, R.S. (2017). Bridging Worlds: Participatory Thinking in Jungian Context. The Journal of Analytical Psychology, 62.2, 187–207.
• Brown, R.S. [ed.] (2017). Re-Encountering Jung: Analytical Psychology and Contemporary Psychoanalysis. Abingdon, UK; New York: Routledge.
• Brown, R.S. (2016). Psychoanalysis Beyond the End of Metaphysics: Thinking Towards the Post-Relational. Abingdon, UK; New York: Routledge.
• Brown, R.S. (2016). Spirituality and the Challenge of Clinical Pluralism: Participatory Thinking in Psychotherapeutic Context. Spirituality in Clinical Practice [APA], 3.3, 187–195.
• Brown, R.S. (2015). An Opening: Trauma and Transcendence. Psychosis: Psychological, Social and Integrative Approaches, 7.1, 72–80.
• Brown, R.S. (2014). Evolving Attitudes. International Journal of Jungian Studies, 6.3, 243–253.
• Brown, R.S. (2013). Beyond the Evolutionary Paradigm in Consciousness Studies. Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 45.2, 159–171.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Columbia University Faculty Page.
2. Mills, J. (2017). Psychoanalysis and the philosophical turn. Psychoanalytic Psychology, 35(1), 3-7. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pap0000147
3. Katz, S. M. (2017). Three books on the grounding principles and techniques of contemporary psychoanalysis. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 65(4), 729-736. https://doi.org/10.1177/0003065117728252
4. Davis, T. (2018). A philosophical critique of the relational movement: A review of psychoanalysis beyond the end of metaphysics: Thinking towards the post-relational by Robin S. Brown. New york, ny: Routledge, 2017. 142 pp. Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 54(1), 229-239. https://doi.org/10.1080/00107530.2017.1422916
5. Detrixhe, J.J. (2018) Psychoanalysis, Culture, and Society. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41282-018-0102-3
6. Masters, J. (2018). Re-encountering Jung: Analytical Psychology and Contemporary Psychoanalysis edited by Robin S. Brown. Published by Routledge, London, 2017; 220pp. British Journal of Psychotherapy, 34(3), 508-11. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjp.12384
7. Sidesinger, T. (2018). Psychoanalysis beyond the end of metaphysics : Thinking towards the post-relational by Robin S. Brown. New york: Routledge, 2017, 132pp. Psychoanalytic Review, 105(4). https://doi.org/10.1521/prev.2018.105.4.439
8. Rowland, S. (2017). Psychoanalysis beyond the end of metaphysics: Thinking towards the post relational. International Journal of Jungian Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/19409052.2017.1299459
9. Loeffler, M. J. (2018). Brown, Robin S. (ed.). Re-encountering jung: Analytical psychology and contemporary psychoanalysis. New york: Routledge, 2018. Pp. Xv + 230. Pbk. £31.99. Journal of Analytical Psychology, 63(3), 393-396. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-5922.12419
10. Malkemus, S. A. (2018). Book review: Psychoanalysis beyond the end of metaphysics: Thinking towards the post-relational, by Robin S. Brown. Journal of Transpersonal Psychology, 50(1).
11. Web site: American Board and Academy of Psychoanalysis Book Prize.
12. Web site: Routledge Book Page.
13. Web site: Routledge Book Endorsements Page.