Robert D. Stolorow (born 1942) is a

psychoanalyst PsychoanalysisFrom Greek: and is a set of theories and techniques of research to discover unconscious processes and their influence on conscious thought, emotion and behaviour. Based on dream interpretation, psychoanalysis is also a talk th ...

and

philosopher Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

, known for his works on

intersubjectivity Intersubjectivity describes the shared understanding that emerges from interpersonal interactions. The term first appeared in social science in the 1970s and later incorporated into psychoanalytic theory by George E. Atwood and Robert Stolorow, ...

theory with collaborator George E. Atwood, intersubjective psychoanalysis, and emotional trauma. 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 Harvard Medical School (HMS) is the medical school of Harvard University and is located in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area, Longwood Medical Area in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1782, HMS is the third oldest medical school in the Un ...

Awards

*2012: Hans W. Loewald Memorial Award from the International Forum for Psychoanalytic Education

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.

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Interview by ''Figure/Ground Communication''
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