The Surviving Object

Psychoanalytic clinical essays on psychic survival-of-the-object
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-032-07518-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 210 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 330 g

Reihe: The New Library of Psychoanalysis

In this book, Abram proposes and elaborates the dual concept of an intrapsychic surviving and non surviving object and examines how psychic survival-of-the-object places the early m/Other at the centre of the nascent psyche before innate factors are relevant.

Abram’s clinical-theoretical elaborations advance several of Winnicott’s key concepts. Moreover, the clinical illustrations show how her advances arise out of the transference-countertransference matrix of the analyzing situation. Chapter by chapter the reader witnesses the evolution of her proposals that not only enhance an appreciation of Winnicott’s original clinical paradigm but also demonstrate how much more there is to glean from his texts especially in the contemporary consulting room. The Surviving Object comprises 8 chapters covering themes such as: the incommunicado self; violation of the self; the paradox of communication; terror at the roots of non survival; an implicit theory of desire; the fear of WOMAN underlying misogyny; the meaning of infantile sexuality; the ‘father in the nursing mother’s mind’ as an ‘integrate’ in the nascent psyche; formlessness preceding integration; a theory of madness.

The volume will appeal to psychoanalysts and psychoanalytically-informed psychotherapists of all levels who are inspired by clinical psychoanalysis and the study of human nature.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional, and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Abram, Jan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Psychoanalyse (S. Freud)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Why Winnicott? 1. Squiggles, clowns and Catherine wheels: violation of the self and its vicissitudes (1996) 2. The surviving object (2003) 3. The non surviving object: reflections on the roots of terror (2005) 4. The fear of WOMAN/analysis: reflections on desire, infantile sexuality and psychic survival-of-the-object (2010) 5. On Winnicott’s clinical innovations in the analysis of adults (2012) 6. On Winnicott’s area of formlessness: the pure female element and the capacity to feel real (2013) 7. The paternal integrate and its role in the analyzing situation 2013) 8. The fear of madness in the context of nachträglichkeit and the negative therapeutic reaction (2018) Appendix: The dating of Fear of Breakdown and The Psychology of Madness and why it matters (2018)

Über Autor(innen)

Jan Abram is a Training and Supervising Psychoanalyst of the British Psychoanalytical Society and Visiting Professor of the Psychoanalysis Unit, University College, London. She is Vice President of the European Psychoanalytic Federation. She has published several books and articles notably: The Language of Winnicott (1st edition 1996; 2nd edition 2007), Outstanding Academic Book of the year (1997); Donald Winnicott Today (2013); The Clinical Paradigms of Melanie Klein and Donald Winnicott: comparisons and dialogues (2018 with co-author R. D. Hinshelwood).