Possibly no other psychoanalytic concept has caused as much ongoing controversy, and attracted so much criticism, as that of "repression". Repression involves denying knowledge to oneself about the ...content of one's own mind and is most commonly implicated in disputes concerning the possibility of repressed memories of trauma (and their subsequent recovery). While fundamental in Freudian psychoanalysis, recent developments in psychoanalytic thinking e.g., "mentalization" have downplayed the importance of repression, in part due to less emphasis being placed on the importance of memory within therapy.
This book proposes that Freud's theory of repression needs to be understood in a new light, which allows Freudian repression to be evaluated afresh and gives a modern appreciation for the vitality of Freud's thinking. While much contemporary discussion is about the repression of traumatic memories, this book instead shows that Freud appears to conceptualize repression as a specific form of cognitive-behavioural inhibition, and this has enormous implications for understanding repression within a modern context. Situating repression within a dynamic account of persons, Freudian repression is surprisingly congruent with models of inhibitory processes emerging from modern psychology and the neursosciences.
Sigmund Freud: The Basics is an easy-to-read introduction to the life and ideas of Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis and a key figure in the history of psychology.
Janet Sayers provides an ...accessible overview of Freud’s early life and work, beginning with his childhood. Her book includes the stories of his most famous patients: Dora, Little Hans, the Rat Man, Judge Schreber, and the Wolf Man. It also discusses Freud’s key ideas such as psychosexual development, the Oedipus complex, and psychoanalytic treatment. Sayers then covers Freud’s later work, with a description of his observations about depression, trauma and the death instinct, as well as his 1923 theory of the id, ego, and superego. The book includes a glossary of key terms and concludes with examples of how psychoanalysis has been applied to the study of art, literature, film, anthropology, religion, sociology, gender politics, and racism.
Sigmund Freud: The Basics offers an essential introduction for students from all backgrounds seeking to understand Freud’s ideas and for general readers with an interest in psychology. For those already familiar with Freudian ideas, it offers a helpful guide to their interdisciplinary applications and context not least today.
Foreword Birksted-Breen, Dana
International journal of psychoanalysis,
12/2019, Volume:
100, Issue:
6
Journal Article
Peer reviewed
Psycho-Analysis does not stay at abstractly affirming the two theses so painful to Narcissism- the psychical significance of sexuality and the unconsciousness of mental life-but rather proves them by ...means of a material that touches every individual personally and forces him to face these problems. The theme of the Centenary Conferences centred on the foundational features that make up the essence of psychoanalysis: the unconsciousness of mental life, sexuality, the death drive, trauma, and the body. Lucy LaFarge convened the New York Conference (at Doral Arrowwood, in the Hudson River area), where they included a final panel on The unconscious of the child, whereas in London the last panel was on The body and its mysteries.1 In New York, Steven Cooper gave his reflections at the end of the conference, discussing the theory of the setting, while in London David Tuckett, the oldest living former editor of the Journal (1993-2001), gave his personal reflections on what he would like to see in the next century, in particular on the role of neuroscience. The second part of this special centenary issue is a record of the centenary art exhibition, The Enigma of the Hour, One Hundred Years of Psychoanalytic Thought, which took place at the Freud Museum (6 June-4 August 2019) as a different way of honouring the 100 years of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis through archival material placed in conversation with an art exhibition.
Freud's invention of psychoanalysis was based on his own desire to know something about the unconscious, but what have been the effects of this original desire on psychoanalysis ever since? How has ...Freud's desire created symptoms in the history of psychoanalysis? Has it helped or hindered its transmission? Exploring these questions brings Serge Cottet to Lacan's concept of the psychoanalyst's desire: less a particular desire like Freud's and more a function, this is what allows analysts to operate in their practice. It emerges during analysis and is crucial in enabling the analysand to begin working with the unconscious of others when they take on the position of analyst themselves. What is this function and how can it be traced in Freud's work? Cottet's book, first published in 1982 and revised in 1996, is a classic of Lacanian psychoanalysis. It is not only a scholarly study of Freud and Lacan, but a thought-provoking introduction to the key issues of Lacanian psychoanalysis.
Deixando de lado a aparente obviedade de utilizar a palavra como ferramenta para o tratamento psíquico, o presente artigo partiu do desejo de compreender como Freud formulou a importância da palavra ...em sua obra teórica. Para que a matéria fosse devidamente tratada, buscamos nas bases do pensamento freudiano sua elaboração. Esta pesquisa permitiu-nos entender que Freud formula a palavra como uma das dimensões em que a energia libidinal transita no aparelho psicofisiológico. Não só isso, proporcionou-nos a ponderação de que é preciso reconhecer a interdependência entre o corpo e alma Seele para que a função da palavra seja devidamente compreendida em sua obra.
A Fruição Estética na Obra de Freud Novais, Diego Bertanha; Campos, Érico Bruno Viana; Caropreso, Fátima
Revista Subjetividades,
10/2020, Volume:
20, Issue:
2
Journal Article
Peer reviewed
Open access
O presente artigo tem como objetivo expor as concepções de Sigmund Freud sobre a fruição estética. Ele parte da hipótese de que há dois posicionamentos básicos a respeito do tema na obra do autor: um ...referente à obra de arte como fonte de prazer e outro vinculado à produção de inquietação. De acordo com Freud, o prazer produzido pela obra de arte seria fruto de uma descarga energética, que permitiria uma suspensão temporária da repressão e a realização disfarçada de um desejo inconsciente. Já a inquietação seria produzida quando a obra de arte manifestasse certos elementos vinculados ao reprimido ou remetesse a formas de pensamento já superadas ao longo do desenvolvimento psíquico. Concluímos que, em ambos os casos, a fruição estética estaria relacionada com a evocação de representações inconscientes reprimidas. No entanto, a determinação dos afetos suscitados no espectador também seria influenciada pela manipulação exercida pelo artista, a partir da aplicação de sua técnica.
The development of the compassionate self, associated with practices such as slow and deeper breathing, compassionate voice tones and facial expressions and compassionate focusing, is central to ...Compassion-Focused Therapy. This study explores the impact of a 2-week compassionate mind training (CMT) program on emotional, self-evaluative and psychopathology measures and on heart rate variability (HRV). Participants (general population and college students) were randomly assigned to one of two conditions: CMT (
n
= 56) and wait-list control (
n
= 37). Participants in the CMT condition were instructed to practice CMT exercises during 2 weeks. Self-report measures of compassion, positive affect, fears of compassion, self-criticism, shame, depression, anxiety and stress and HRV were collected at pre- and post-interventions in both conditions. Compared to the control group, the experimental group showed significant increases in positive emotions, associated with feeling relaxed and also safe and content, but not activated, and in self-compassion, compassion for others and compassion from others. There were significant reductions in shame, self-criticism, fears of compassion and stress. Only the experimental group reported significant improvement in HRV. Developing awareness of the evolved nature and inherent difficulties of our minds allied with practicing CMT exercises has beneficial effects on participants’ psychological and physiological well-being.
Using Freud’s correspondence, this book argues that his Jewishness was in fact a source of energy and pride for him and that he identified with both Jewish and humanist traditions. Gresser presents ...an extended analysis of Freud’s personal correspondence. Arranged in chronological order, the material conveys a vivid sense of Freud’s personal and psychological development. Close reading of Freud’s letters, with frequent attention to the original German and its cultural context, allows Gresser to weave a fascinating story of Freud’s life and Jewish commitments, as seen through the words of the master himself. The book culminates in an extended discussion of Freud’s last and most deliberately Jewish work, Moses and Monotheism. Gresser thus initiates a discussion about modern Jewish identity that will be of interest to anyone concerned about questions of the relationship between tradition and modernity, and between the particular and the universal, that moderns struggle with in the search for authenticity.
Seit den siebziger Jahren des 20. Jahrhunderts hat sich das Spektrum seelischer Störungen von der neurotischen Konfliktpathologie hin zu strukturellen Störungen der Persönlichkeit verschoben. Sigmund ...Freud hielt solche Patientinnen und Patienten zu seiner Zeit für schwer oder gar nicht analysierbar. Die Weiterentwicklung der Psychoanalyse brachte es aber mit sich, dass durch Modifikationen der Standardtechnik auch solche Krankheitsbilder wie narzisstische Persönlichkeitsstörungen oder Borderline-Störungen behandelbar wurden. Die vorliegende Arbeit stellt die Gemeinsamkeiten von psychoanalytischer Standardtechnik und Übertragungsfokussierter Psychotherapie sowie die Unterschiede zwischen beiden Therapieformen dar. Außerdem wird die Notwendigkeit erörtert, die Kandidatinnen und Kandidaten in psychoanalytischer Aus- und Weiterbildung auch mit notwendigen Modifikationen in der analytischen Psychotherapie vertraut zu machen.
In this book, Eric Smadja explores the representations of society and culture that Freud developed in the course of his work. Distinct from contemporary sociological and anthropological conceptions, ...they led to his construction of a personal socio-anthropology that was virulently criticised by the social sciences. But what exactly is meant here by 'culture' and 'society'? Do we mean Freud's own Viennese society or Western 'civilised' society in general?
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