1st Edition
Subject Relations Unconscious Experience and Relational Psychoanalysis
202 Pages
by
Routledge
202 Pages
by
Routledge
202 Pages
by
Routledge
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Traditional psychoanalysis views relationships as forged through individual drives--a satisfaction and fulfillment of needs and desires. Rucker and Lombardi contend, however, that all relationships cannot be explained so simply; rather, they argue that human relationships carry meanings which cannot be reduced solely to the psychic contributions of each of the individuals involved. Instead,... Read more
1: Resurrecting the Unconscious in Contemporary Psychoanalysis; 2: Dialogues of the Unconscious; 3: Sounds of Silence; 4: The Unconscious Catch in Psychoanalytic Supervision; 5: The Mutual Creation of Temporal Experience; 6: The Prenatal Anlage of Psychic Life; 7: Subject Relations as Seen through Prenatal Observation; 8: Mother as Object, Mother as Subject; 9: Intimate Subjects; 10: Words to the Wise on the Wisdom in Subject Relations; 11: The Political and the Personal
Biography
Naomi G. Rucker is on the Faculty at the Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis. Karen L. Lombardi is Associate Professor at the Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Adelphi University.
"Lombardi and Rucker provide us with a truly original interpretation of the Freudian unconscious from within their own interpretation of relational theory. The authors bring together the insight gained from years of clinical practice with an impressive knowledge of the theoretical debates amongst the various schools of psychoanalysis. Lucidly written and carefully argued,Subject Relations will undoubtedly make a significant contribution to psychoanalytic theory." -- Drucilla Cornell
