Roger Willoughby is an independent psychoanalytic scholar currently researching and writing on the early development of psychoanalysis in Britain, the work of Esther Bick, the life of Jonathan Hanaghan, and the links between religion and violence. With degrees in philosophy (MA), child psychology (MA), and clinical psychology (DipClinPsychol), he also holds doctorates in psychoanalytic studies from the University of Kent (PhD) and the University of Oxford (DPhil). Previously a clinical psychologist, consultant, and supervisor, he has taught at various universities, being latterly at Newman in Birmingham (2006-2022), where he was a Senior Lecturer in Education Studies and the MA Education Course Co-ordinator. Address: Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
One St John: The International History Journal of the Most Venerable Order of St John, 2022
In seeking to establish awards to recognise everyday heroism, the Order of St John sought to prom... more In seeking to establish awards to recognise everyday heroism, the Order of St John sought to promote its philanthropic aims, to recognise certain types of model social behaviour, and draw attention to dangerous conditions, especially in industry. In the process, the system of recognition also served to stake a claim to functions hitherto the remit of established non-governmental bodies and what would be increasingly seen as the prerogative of the State. It was also, in short, a step towards consolidating the Order's own nascent identity. The present study briefly describes the establishment of the Order's main system of awards for lifesaving and the vicissitudes of the scheme over the first 150 years of its operation . It also acts as an entry point to the much larger authorised history of the Order's lifesaving awards, due to be published in 2023.
ubiquitous aspects of societal organisation, sometimes welcome, sometimes less so. They may both ... more ubiquitous aspects of societal organisation, sometimes welcome, sometimes less so. They may both facilitate a good life and psychological well-being and contribute to human unhappiness and everyday psychological problems. As counselling psychologists this is familiar to us, both from our everyday work with people in distress and closer to home in struggling for our own professional recognition and a niche within the market, especially the NHS. Tiering, as one form of stratification, has served to order services, supposedly distinguishing clients according to needs and marshalling human resources in turn, through skill-mix for example. Knowledge of such boundaries, together with an informed view on their validity or otherwise, is important in attempting to match specific clients to the most appropriate workers and in clarifying and developing professional roles.
Written by educational specialists and including over fifty interdisciplinary entries, this essen... more Written by educational specialists and including over fifty interdisciplinary entries, this essential compendium offers accessible, detailed definitions of the core concepts typically explored on undergraduate Education Studies courses. Its interactive design clarifies topics at an introductory, intermediate and advanced level, supporting students across the three years of their undergraduate study. The history and evolution of each concept is outlined with concepts practically grouped around four interrelated key educational categories - the personal, philosophy, practice and power. Key academic debates and points of contest are explored, reference to real-life educational examples are offered, and reflective questions and further reading scaffold critical engagement. Education Studies: The Key Concepts is a bookshelf must-have, moving readers towards a coherent stance based on theory and research. It is an easy-to-use resource for anyone looking to better understand education. It is also useful for those researching education at postgraduate level to broaden their educational knowledge base outside their specific foci.
Considering academic formation through curricular development and praxis, we discuss here the con... more Considering academic formation through curricular development and praxis, we discuss here the construction of potential spaces for exploration, alongside conceptual support and emotional encouragement. Development into pedagogy here involved interpersonal and systemic uncertainties with students are on a trajectory into teaching as these developments here are disruptive of some of the mainstream models of transmission legitimised in ITE programmes, which model practice ‘inauthenticity’ (Freire, 1970; Glass, 2001). Focussing here on togetherness, intercultural learning and the promotion of opportunities for fostering empathy, through dialogical, democratic engagement, facilitates – we argue – the growth of important human and professional capacities (Kemmis & Carr 1986, p. 190).
The Palgrave International Handbook of Alternative Education, 2016
Education—of all sorts—is suffused with fantasies. This is no revelation to anyone involved in th... more Education—of all sorts—is suffused with fantasies. This is no revelation to anyone involved in the activity, at whatever level, yet as a subject relatively little scholarly attention has been directed by educationalists at elucidating its nature. The most sustained reflections on the nature of fantasy stem from psychoanalysis, which argues that the totality of mental life is governed by unconscious phantasies, many of which are unknowable. This renders everyday notions of reality problematic and challenges both mainstream and alternative education in its epistemic claims. The present chapter aims to contribute to an understanding of fantasy, particularly fantasies of education, by drawing on work from four psychoanalytic schools, those of Freud, Klein, Winnicott and Lacan. Such multiplicity of perspectives both reflects the broad range of contemporary psychoanalysis, each with an array of conceptual tools, and offers important balanced access to the discipline’s profound study of subjectivity within which fantasy bridges both the conscious and unconscious mind.
With the academy as a site of both contest and hope in late modernity, this chapter considers mul... more With the academy as a site of both contest and hope in late modernity, this chapter considers multiple dilemmas of togetherness. We live in an interconnected, globalised world yet one that is profoundly fractured along lines of culture, ethnicity, gender and economic inequality. Such lines of fracture pervade our student body, potentially segregating them into various ghettos. The students are not alone in this; these fissures also pervade our own sense of selves as academics and as human beings. One pedagogic and academic challenge is to articulate and where possible address these structures leading to an active process of reflection and recognition of our habitus and potential spaces for transformation. We discuss one particular instantiation of this in our experience of an innovative International Education module using colonialism and gender studies as theoretical framings to explore experiences of disconnection, mistrust and resistance.
This paper forms chapter four of my by book Masud Khan: The Myth and the Reality (London: Free As... more This paper forms chapter four of my by book Masud Khan: The Myth and the Reality (London: Free Association Books, 2004)
One St John: The International History Journal of the Most Venerable Order of St John, 2022
In seeking to establish awards to recognise everyday heroism, the Order of St John sought to prom... more In seeking to establish awards to recognise everyday heroism, the Order of St John sought to promote its philanthropic aims, to recognise certain types of model social behaviour, and draw attention to dangerous conditions, especially in industry. In the process, the system of recognition also served to stake a claim to functions hitherto the remit of established non-governmental bodies and what would be increasingly seen as the prerogative of the State. It was also, in short, a step towards consolidating the Order's own nascent identity. The present study briefly describes the establishment of the Order's main system of awards for lifesaving and the vicissitudes of the scheme over the first 150 years of its operation . It also acts as an entry point to the much larger authorised history of the Order's lifesaving awards, due to be published in 2023.
ubiquitous aspects of societal organisation, sometimes welcome, sometimes less so. They may both ... more ubiquitous aspects of societal organisation, sometimes welcome, sometimes less so. They may both facilitate a good life and psychological well-being and contribute to human unhappiness and everyday psychological problems. As counselling psychologists this is familiar to us, both from our everyday work with people in distress and closer to home in struggling for our own professional recognition and a niche within the market, especially the NHS. Tiering, as one form of stratification, has served to order services, supposedly distinguishing clients according to needs and marshalling human resources in turn, through skill-mix for example. Knowledge of such boundaries, together with an informed view on their validity or otherwise, is important in attempting to match specific clients to the most appropriate workers and in clarifying and developing professional roles.
Written by educational specialists and including over fifty interdisciplinary entries, this essen... more Written by educational specialists and including over fifty interdisciplinary entries, this essential compendium offers accessible, detailed definitions of the core concepts typically explored on undergraduate Education Studies courses. Its interactive design clarifies topics at an introductory, intermediate and advanced level, supporting students across the three years of their undergraduate study. The history and evolution of each concept is outlined with concepts practically grouped around four interrelated key educational categories - the personal, philosophy, practice and power. Key academic debates and points of contest are explored, reference to real-life educational examples are offered, and reflective questions and further reading scaffold critical engagement. Education Studies: The Key Concepts is a bookshelf must-have, moving readers towards a coherent stance based on theory and research. It is an easy-to-use resource for anyone looking to better understand education. It is also useful for those researching education at postgraduate level to broaden their educational knowledge base outside their specific foci.
Considering academic formation through curricular development and praxis, we discuss here the con... more Considering academic formation through curricular development and praxis, we discuss here the construction of potential spaces for exploration, alongside conceptual support and emotional encouragement. Development into pedagogy here involved interpersonal and systemic uncertainties with students are on a trajectory into teaching as these developments here are disruptive of some of the mainstream models of transmission legitimised in ITE programmes, which model practice ‘inauthenticity’ (Freire, 1970; Glass, 2001). Focussing here on togetherness, intercultural learning and the promotion of opportunities for fostering empathy, through dialogical, democratic engagement, facilitates – we argue – the growth of important human and professional capacities (Kemmis & Carr 1986, p. 190).
The Palgrave International Handbook of Alternative Education, 2016
Education—of all sorts—is suffused with fantasies. This is no revelation to anyone involved in th... more Education—of all sorts—is suffused with fantasies. This is no revelation to anyone involved in the activity, at whatever level, yet as a subject relatively little scholarly attention has been directed by educationalists at elucidating its nature. The most sustained reflections on the nature of fantasy stem from psychoanalysis, which argues that the totality of mental life is governed by unconscious phantasies, many of which are unknowable. This renders everyday notions of reality problematic and challenges both mainstream and alternative education in its epistemic claims. The present chapter aims to contribute to an understanding of fantasy, particularly fantasies of education, by drawing on work from four psychoanalytic schools, those of Freud, Klein, Winnicott and Lacan. Such multiplicity of perspectives both reflects the broad range of contemporary psychoanalysis, each with an array of conceptual tools, and offers important balanced access to the discipline’s profound study of subjectivity within which fantasy bridges both the conscious and unconscious mind.
With the academy as a site of both contest and hope in late modernity, this chapter considers mul... more With the academy as a site of both contest and hope in late modernity, this chapter considers multiple dilemmas of togetherness. We live in an interconnected, globalised world yet one that is profoundly fractured along lines of culture, ethnicity, gender and economic inequality. Such lines of fracture pervade our student body, potentially segregating them into various ghettos. The students are not alone in this; these fissures also pervade our own sense of selves as academics and as human beings. One pedagogic and academic challenge is to articulate and where possible address these structures leading to an active process of reflection and recognition of our habitus and potential spaces for transformation. We discuss one particular instantiation of this in our experience of an innovative International Education module using colonialism and gender studies as theoretical framings to explore experiences of disconnection, mistrust and resistance.
This paper forms chapter four of my by book Masud Khan: The Myth and the Reality (London: Free As... more This paper forms chapter four of my by book Masud Khan: The Myth and the Reality (London: Free Association Books, 2004)
Freud’s British Family presents ground-breaking research into the lives of the British branch of ... more Freud’s British Family presents ground-breaking research into the lives of the British branch of the Freud family, their connections to the founder of psychoanalysis, and into Freud’s relationship to Britain.
Documenting the complex relationships the elder Freud brothers had with their much younger brother Sigmund, Freud’s British Family reveals the significant influence these hitherto largely forgotten Freuds had on the mental economy of the founder of psychoanalysis. Roger Willoughby shows how these key family relationships helped shape Freud’s thinking, attitudes, and theorising, including emerging ideas on rivalry, the Oedipus complex, character, and art. In addition to considering their correspondence and meetings with Freud in Continental Europe, the book carefully documents Freud’s own visits to his brothers and to Britain in 1875 and again in 1908. Freud’s British Family concludes with a discussion of Freud’s final 15 months in London after he left Nazi Vienna as a refugee. Freud’s British Family offers a rich, contextualised understanding of the sibling, familial, and socio-cultural ties that went into forming the tapestry of psychoanalysis.
Freud’s British Family will be of great interest to psychoanalysts and psychotherapists in practice and in training, and to scholars of the history of psychoanalysis, twentieth century history, psychosocial studies, and Jewish studies.
For Service in the Cause of Humanity: The Life Saving Awards of the Order of St John, 2024
Marking the one-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Order of St John’s Life S... more Marking the one-hundred-and-fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Order of St John’s Life Saving Medal, and the subsequently introduced Certificate of Honour, For Service in the Cause of Humanity, critically documents the previously untold story of these highly prestigious but little-known awards. Following a detailed discussion of the history and politics of the medals and Certificate of Honour, the book reveals the amazing circumstances behind the awards to the 1,394 people who gained them for their brave and humanitarian actions in 44 countries across the world. The book thus contributes to the enduring recognition of the public-spirited bravery of each and every recipient and offers at the same time a rich legacy to contemporary generations. The book concludes with useful appendices highlighting the 138 female recipients of these awards, the countries where each of the 1,394 awards were won, and a classification of each rescue by type.
Dave Trotman’s writings on education over the past 25 years have been remarkable. His papers, mos... more Dave Trotman’s writings on education over the past 25 years have been remarkable. His papers, most of which are collected here for the first time, range through topics as diverse as creativity and imagination, education policy, and studies of the profession and educational evaluation. Some of these areas were reflected in his successive appointments as Reader in Creative Education and then Professor of Education Policy at Newman University, yet neither title encompassed the often rich, challenging and interdisciplinary perspectives on education that he has so ably articulated. His writing shows a depth of understanding of the functioning of the education system, of why it needs to change, and of how children, young people and those working with them make sense of their day-to-day experiences. An advocate of educational ‘risk taking’, Dave Trotman’s work also underscores the importance of children’s rights, social justice and equality in education, which contribute – as Professor Stan Tucker notes in his preface – to helping us towards a realisation that ‘another school is possible’. This selection of his papers, encompassing all his major journal articles as well as key book chapters, has been compiled to mark Dave Trotman’s work at Newman University between 1995 and 2020. Edited by Roger Willoughby and his colleagues, this volume is a homage to Dave and a celebration of his many outstanding contributions to education. It is, without doubt, a collection that will be of wide and enduring interest to all involved in the study and practice of education.
Few psychoanalysts from the latter half of the twentieth century have been as intellectually prol... more Few psychoanalysts from the latter half of the twentieth century have been as intellectually prolific, charismatic and ultimately scandalous as Masud Khan. Clinical practice and teaching went alongside his authoring over 60 published papers, as well as numerous reviews, and editing significant portions of Winnicott's literary output and that of other key luminaries within the psychoanalytical canon. Masud Khan: the Myth and the Reality is the first in-depth scholarly account of his life. It charts his beginnings in the Punjab, where he submerged himself in English literature during the turbulent decades before independence and partition, through his psychoanalytic apprenticeship with Anna Freud, Melanie Klein and D W Winnicott in post-war London and a spectacular climb to international prominence, to his final years of womanising, depression, alcoholism, and cancer. As the story of Khan's life here unfolds, so to does consideration of his key ideas and papers. His early work includes important discussions on the self, its development aided by the protective shield and distortion through cumulative trauma and perversion. Acutely aware of the potentially dislocating impact of others, the ways in which self-experience might be actualised, particularly through dreams and quiet fallow states, became an important theme in Khan's subsequent writings. These and other rich topics, including his discussions of literature and culture, are reviewed here with their biographical roots clarified. Masud Khan: the Myth and the Reality pieces together Khan's poignant and shocking story using various sources including personal letters, other archival material and interviews with his relatives, friends and colleagues. This work, which has taken ten years to complete, allows a glimpse of both the historical reality and the pervasive personal and institutional myths that envelop 'Prince Dr' Masud Khan. Some of these myths Khan wove himself, others he was incorporated into; their aliveness today testifying to the enduring collusive lure of phantasy and wish fulfilment. Beyond that of its central character, the book offers an insight into the lives of Khan's analytic contemporaries, of the institutions they participated in and of the wider society.
This book tells the story of the Sarah Sands, a pioneering auxiliary screw steamer launched in Li... more This book tells the story of the Sarah Sands, a pioneering auxiliary screw steamer launched in Liverpool in 1846. The second ocean-going iron steamer ever built, the Sarah Sands made a series of remarkable voyages across the Atlantic, on the Pacific coast of the Americas, and to Australia, carrying passengers, mails and cargo. Pressed into service as a troopship during the Crimean War, it was the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny in 1857 that would see the ship become a cause célèbre noted by Kipling, Thackeray, and many others. These events, the stories of the people involved and the medals they received, form the heart of this book.
While carrying 368 officers and men of HM 54th (West Norfolk) Regiment and a number of their families, on 11 November 1857 the Sarah Sands caught fire while in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Managing to jettison most of the cargo of gunpowder through herculean efforts, the soldiers and crew fought the fire for over 16 long hours, during which time an explosion ripped a hole in the ship’s stern. When eventually the fire was extinguished, half of the Sarah Sands was a burnt-out shell. Despite this, the ship managed to reach port safely in Mauritius and would go on to sail the oceans until she was finally wrecked on the Laccadive Islands in 1869.
The first full account of the Sarah Sands, this book commemorates the heroic – and sometimes quarrelsome – men and women who were aboard her during her most famous voyage and details for the first time of each man’s medal entitlement.
Originally published by the OMRS in March 2018, it has been republished by Helion & Co, in April 2022. ISBN : 9780995750517
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Documenting the complex relationships the elder Freud brothers had with their much younger brother Sigmund, Freud’s British Family reveals the significant influence these hitherto largely forgotten Freuds had on the mental economy of the founder of psychoanalysis. Roger Willoughby shows how these key family relationships helped shape Freud’s thinking, attitudes, and theorising, including emerging ideas on rivalry, the Oedipus complex, character, and art. In addition to considering their correspondence and meetings with Freud in Continental Europe, the book carefully documents Freud’s own visits to his brothers and to Britain in 1875 and again in 1908. Freud’s British Family concludes with a discussion of Freud’s final 15 months in London after he left Nazi Vienna as a refugee. Freud’s British Family offers a rich, contextualised understanding of the sibling, familial, and socio-cultural ties that went into forming the tapestry of psychoanalysis.
Freud’s British Family will be of great interest to psychoanalysts and psychotherapists in practice and in training, and to scholars of the history of psychoanalysis, twentieth century history, psychosocial studies, and Jewish studies.
This selection of his papers, encompassing all his major journal articles as well as key book chapters, has been compiled to mark Dave Trotman’s work at Newman University between 1995 and 2020. Edited by Roger Willoughby and his colleagues, this volume is a homage to Dave and a celebration of his many outstanding contributions to education. It is, without doubt, a collection that will be of wide and enduring interest to all involved in the study and practice of education.
While carrying 368 officers and men of HM 54th (West Norfolk) Regiment and a number of their families, on 11 November 1857 the Sarah Sands caught fire while in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Managing to jettison most of the cargo of gunpowder through herculean efforts, the soldiers and crew fought the fire for over 16 long hours, during which time an explosion ripped a hole in the ship’s stern. When eventually the fire was extinguished, half of the Sarah Sands was a burnt-out shell. Despite this, the ship managed to reach port safely in Mauritius and would go on to sail the oceans until she was finally wrecked on the Laccadive Islands in 1869.
The first full account of the Sarah Sands, this book commemorates the heroic – and sometimes quarrelsome – men and women who were aboard her during her most famous voyage and details for the first time of each man’s medal entitlement.
Originally published by the OMRS in March 2018, it has been republished by Helion & Co, in April 2022. ISBN : 9780995750517