1st Edition

In the Traces of our Name The Influence of Given Names in Life

By Juan Eduardo Tesone Copyright 2011
    208 Pages
    by Routledge

    208 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book emphasizes the influence of the name given at birth in terms of the construction of subjectivity. It offers the reader a fascinating journey through the meanders of culture, literary quotations, stories heard, and a difficult journey through the pain and horror of certain realities.

    Psychoanalytic Ideas and Applications Series -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Why do we name? -- Some historical and cultural considerations with regard to naming -- The meaning of names in different cultures -- Naming in the Old Testament -- Giving a name: is it imperative to name a newborn child? -- From the name's determining force to its signifying force -- Freud and names -- The name in literature -- State terrorism in Argentina and children seized by the military power (1976–1983) -- The given name in psychoanalytical clinical work

    Biography

    Eduardo Tesone, Juan