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Conservative and Radical Perspectives on Psychoanalytic Knowledge - The Fascinated and the Disenchanted (Hardcover)
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Conservative and Radical Perspectives on Psychoanalytic Knowledge - The Fascinated and the Disenchanted (Hardcover)
Series: Relational Perspectives Book Series
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Psychoanalysis really should not exist today. Until a few years
ago, most of the evidence suggested that its time was drawing to a
close, and yet psychoanalysis demonstrated remarkable resilience in
the face of criticism, alongside significant resurgence over the
course of the last years. In "Conservative and Radical Perspectives
on Psychoanalytic Knowledge: The Fascinated and the Disenchanted"
psychoanalyst and philosopher Aner Govrin describes the mechanisms
of sociology within the psychoanalytic community which have enabled
it to withstand the hostility levelled at it and to flourish as an
intellectual and pragmatic endeavour. He defends the most
criticized aspect of psychoanalysis: the fascination of analysts
with their theories. Govrin demonstrates that fascination is a
common phenomenon in science and shows its role in the evolution of
psychoanalysis. Govrin argues that throughout its history,
psychoanalysis has successfully embraced an amalgam of what he has
defined and termed "fascinated" and "troubled communities." A
"fascinated community" is a group that embraces a psychoanalytic
theory (such as Bion's, Klein's, Winnicott s) as one embraces
truth. A "troubled community" is one that is not satisfied with the
state of psychoanalytic knowledge and seeks to generate a
fundamental change that does not square with existing traditions
(such as new psychoanalytic schools, scientifically troubled
communities and the relational approach). It is this amalgam and
the continuous tension between these two groups that are
responsible for psychoanalysis' rich and varied development and for
its ability to adapt to a changing world. Clinical vignettes from
the work of Robert Stolorow, Betty Joseph, Antonino Ferro and
Michael Eigen illustrate the dynamic by which psychoanalytic
knowledge is formed. "Conservative and Radical Perspectives on
Psychoanalytic Knowledge" will be of interest to psychoanalysts,
psychotherapists and philosophers alike.
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