2nd Edition

Elements of Reparation Truth, Faith, and Transformation in the Works of Heidegger, Bion, and Beyond

By Brent Potter Copyright 2027
366 Pages
by Routledge

366 Pages
by Routledge

Elements of Reparation excavates of psychic violence and the human potential for healing - an undertaking that is at once theoretical, clinical, and existential. Drawing on object relations theory, existential-phenomenological psychoanalysis, and post-Jungian thought, Brent Potter explores how destructiveness and creativity coexist in the psyche. What has been added is not ornamentation but... Read more

Preface to the Revised Edition

Chapter 1.

Introduction to the Phenomenon of Self-Destructiveness

Chapter 2.

Research Design and Method of the Study

Chapter 3.

The Emerging Consciousness of Self-Destructiveness in History and Psychology

Chapter 4.

The Ghosts of Abandoned Meaning and Formless Destructiveness

Chapter 5.

The Eclipse of the Sacred and the Darkening of the World

Chapter 6.

Contemporary Manifestations of Self-Destructiveness

Chapter 7.

The Limits of Reparation

Chapter 8.

Moral Injury, Guilt, and the Collapse of Repair

Chapter 9.

Institutional Failure, Cultural Breakdown, and False Repair

Chapter 10.

Spiritual Injury, Faith, and Repair Without Consolation

Chapter 11.

Integration and the Problem of Living with What Does Not Disappear

Chapter 12.

Reparation After Hope

References

Biography

Brent Potter is a psychoanalyst and author known for his work at the intersection of psychology, philosophy, and faith. With over three decades of clinical experience, his writing explores the depths of human suffering, healing, and meaning through accessible yet profound existential and psychoanalytic inquiry. Potter is recognized for pioneering theological psychoanalysis, integrating existential-phenomenological inquiry with Christian and psychoanalytic traditions.