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Overview"Ever since Freud proposed that certain ideas can be permitted to become conscious only in their inverted and negative forms, interest has grown into the entire realm of the presence of absence, so to speak. Or, perhaps, it is better to term such mental contents as the presence in the form of absence. These two ways of conceptualizing Freud's negation have led to a panoply of ideas that include negative hallucination, psychic holes, negative narcissism, selfishly motivated erasure of the Other, and the so-called ""work of the negative"". This volume elucidates these concepts and refines the distinction between Freud's negation and subsequently described mental mechanisms of denial, repudiation, isolation, and undoing. The book also provides contemporary perspectives on the developmental underpinnings of negation and the technical usefulness of the concept, including its implicit role in negative therapeutic reactions. A thought-provoking and conceptually illuminating volume." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Salman Akhtar , Mary Kay O'NeilPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.520kg ISBN: 9780367100988ISBN 10: 0367100983 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 05 July 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsContemporary Freud , Contemporary Freud , Introduction , “Negation” (1925h) , Discussion of “Negation” , Rejection, refusal, denial: developing capacities for negation , On “Negation”: some reflections following in Freud's wake , The negative therapeutic reaction: review, update, and clinical illustration , The work of the negative and hallucinatory activity (negative hallucination) , The Oedipus of the id: the unrepresentable negative and the transformational processes of analysis , The negative in dreams , The effects of negation on the analyst–analysand relationship: the paradoxes of narcissism , From psychic holes to psychic representations , Negation, negative capability, and the work of creativity , EpilogueReviews"""Freud's paper 'Negation' was published in 1925 amid the creative ferment produced by his introduction of a new paradigm for psychoanalysis, but because of its brevity and position among Freud's major writings, it has often been overlooked or underappreciated. Now, however, thanks to this volume of essays by a distinguished international group of leading contemporary psychoanalytic scholars, it should assume its rightful place, not only as a contribution to analytic technique, but as an important preliminary step in Freud's conceptualization of the creation and maintenance of reality sense and a foundational essay in the development of his theory of thinking.""--Howard Levine, MD, training and supervising analyst ""This unique collection presents us with a variety of theoretical and clinical perspectives regarding Freud's 1925 paper on negation, articulated by well-known internationally based authors. Is negation just repression that didn't quite make it? How does negative therapeutic reaction relate to negation? What about negation and creativity? The writing -- including that by the editors -- affirms, and then builds on, Freud's original thinking, thereby providing for the reader a clear intellectual grasp of the concept, as well as lowering the countertransferential hurdles we often encounter with analysands who seem to persist in saying 'No'.""--Sarah Usher, PhD, past President" This unique collection presents us with a variety of theoretical and clinical perspectives regarding Freud's 1925 paper on negation, articulated by well-known internationally based authors. Is negation just repression that didn't quite make it? How does negative therapeutic reaction relate to negation? What about negation and creativity? The writing -- including that by the editors -- affirms, and then builds on, Freud's original thinking, thereby providing for the reader a clear intellectual grasp of the concept, as well as lowering the countertransferential hurdles we often encounter with analysands who seem to persist in saying 'No'. --Sarah Usher, PhD, past President Freud's paper 'Negation' was published in 1925 amid the creative ferment produced by his introduction of a new paradigm for psychoanalysis, but because of its brevity and position among Freud's major writings, it has often been overlooked or underappreciated. Now, however, thanks to this volume of essays by a distinguished international group of leading contemporary psychoanalytic scholars, it should assume its rightful place, not only as a contribution to analytic technique, but as an important preliminary step in Freud's conceptualization of the creation and maintenance of reality sense and a foundational essay in the development of his theory of thinking. --Howard Levine, MD, training and supervising analyst Author InformationSalman Akhtar Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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