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OverviewThis book brings together psychoanalysis, clinical and theoretical, with history in a study of remembering as reparation: not compensation, but recognition of the actuality of perpetration and the remorseful urge to rejuvenate whatever represents this damage. Karl Figlio argues that this process, intensively studied by Melanie Klein, is shadowed by manic reparation, which simulates, but is antithetical, to it. Both aim for peace of mind: the former in a guilt-induced attitude of making better a damaged ‘good object’, internal and external; the latter, supported by defences thoroughly studied in psychoanalysis, in claiming liberation from an accusatory object. This psychoanalytic line of thinking converges with historical scholarship on post-war German memory and memorialization. Remembering is posited as ambivalent - it is reparative, in ‘remembering true’, with respect and self-respect. It is also manic reparative, in ‘remembering false’, shedding bondsto the actuality of history through acts of triumph and liberation. This thoughtful book highlights new features of history and memory work, especially the importance of emotion, and will be of great value to students, academics and practitioners across the fields of psychoanalysis, memory studies, German studies and modern history. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Karl FiglioPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017 Weight: 3.899kg ISBN: 9781349955497ISBN 10: 1349955493 Pages: 284 Publication Date: 22 June 2018 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: The Internal World.- Chapter 3: Psychoanalysis and the ‘Social Subject’.- Chapter 4: Delusional Enemies.- Chapter 5: Solidarity, Catastrophe and Ambivalence.- Chapter 6: Conflicts of Remembering: The Historikerstreit.- Chapter 7: Remembering and Not Remembering.- Chapter 8: The Unconscious Division of Germany.- Chapter 9: Reparation.- Chapter 10: Remembering, Memorialization and Reparation.- Chapter 11: Conclusion.ReviewsAuthor InformationKarl Figlio is Professor Emeritus in the Department for Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex, UK. He is a Senior Member of the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Association of the British Psychoanalytic Council and an Associate of the British Psychoanalytical Society. He has published widely in the history of science, psychoanalysis and psychoanalysis and culture. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |