1st Edition

Psychoanalysis, Apathy, and the Postmodern Patient

By Laurence Kahn Copyright 2018
144 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages
by Routledge

144 Pages
by Routledge

The postmodern turn underlies a new development in psychoanalysis, which has theoretical and practical implications. Psychoanalysis, Apathy, and the Postmodern Patient involves a detailed reading of the main psychoanalytic texts that mark out this extended development, along with a critical examination of the changes in the major Freudian concepts. At stake are the tenets of infantile... Read more

Foreword

Preface

Chapter 1: "Broadmindedness"

Chapter 2: Delayed reactions

Chapter 3: Hermeneutics and the postmodern turn

Chapter 4: "Unpower,"  apathy

Chapter 5: Empathy: a new common ground?

Chapter 6: A strange misadventure

Chapter 7: Clinical supplement: creativity of metapsychology

Biography

Laurence Kahn is a Training Analyst at the French Psychoanalytic Association (APF) in Paris and held the function of President of the APF from 2008 to 2010. She was previously co-editor of the Nouvelle Revue de Psychanalyse and editor in chief of L'Annuel de l’APF.