Diary of a Fallen Psychoanalyst

The Work Books of Masud Khan 1967-1972

Linda Hopkins, Steven Kuchuck
Karnac Publishing
400 pages
ISBN: 9781913494650
November 2022

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.