On Loving, Hating, and Living Well

Ralph R. Greenson (1911-1979) was Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, a member of the American Psychoanalytic Association, and a Training Analyst at the Los Angeles Institute for Psychoanalysis. He was a former Dean of the Training School, past President of the Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society, and former Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Committee, Foundation for Research in Psychoanalysis, Beverly Hills.

• Dedication , The Man and His Life , The Public Lectures , Misunderstandings of Psychoanalysis (1955) , Apathy, Boredom, and Miltown (1958) , People Who Hate (1960) , The Conflict Between Psychoanalysis and Religion (1960) , Sleep, Dreams, and Death (1961) , Varieties of Love (1961) , Emotional Involvement—Genuine and Counterfeit (1961) , Why Men Like War (1963) , Laughter and Tears (1963) , Masculinity and Femininity Reconsidered (1965) , Sex Without Passion (1966) , The Fascination of Violence (1968) , Why People Hate Psychoanalysis (1970) , Hate in the Happy Family (1970) , The Dread and Love of Death (1971) , Boredom, American Style (1971) , A MCP Freudian Psychoanalyst Confronts Women's Lib (1972) , Sophie Portnoy Finally Answers Back (1972) , Jealousy, Envy, and Possessiveness (1973) , Crisis in Adult Life: Prevention and Survival (1974) , The Devil Made Me Do It, Dr. Freud (1974) , You Only Live Twice (1975) , Beyond Sexual Satisfaction...? (1976) , People in Search of a family (1978)

'Since the birth of psychoanalysis, one of the great challenges in our field has been to communicate psychoanalytic ideas to the general public. Indeed, a perennial public relations problem in psychoanalysis has been the tendency of its practitioners to speak in obfuscating jargon rather than in plain English. Fortunately for all of us, Ralph Greenson was a master translator of complex psychoanalytic concepts for the general public. On far-ranging topics, such as love, death, hate, and religion, to name only a few, Greenson demonstrates the "uncommon sense" that is emblematic of the psychoanalytic point of view. Greenson's brilliance, wit, and humanity can now be enjoyed by a whole new generation of readers.'-Glen O. Gabbard, MD'What a pleasure it is to renew my acquaintance with these remarkable and absorbing lectures for the public written by an undisputed master of the profession. I was delighted to find on reading these lectures that they had lost none of their freshness and relevance. Ralph Greenson comes through in his lectures as passionate, invested, and filled with healthy assertiveness, even hate, as well as affection and love. What is truly amazing is that the spellbinding and always controversial speaker that he was is retained in print.'-Morton Shane, MD'From the conflictual tumult of patients' emotions and relationships, psychoanalysts can draw meaningful reflections on the human condition. Ralph Greenson was a master at communicating these reflections to the public as well as to his students and colleagues. I became a psychoanalyst, in part, from hearing his radio lectures on public broadcasting while I was in school. I cherish reading them now in this volume.'-Mardi J. Horowitz, MD