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OverviewIn this book the author explores a particular mode of mental functioning expressed through a series of clinical symptoms and highlighted by contemporary psychosomatic research. Smadja's concept, a true clinical and conceptual invention in the field of psychopathology, has evolved from work originally carried out by Pierre Marty, Michel de M'Uzan, Christian David and Michel Fain, pioneers of the psychoanalytic approach to subjects with somatic illnesses. These authors, internationally known as the 'psychosomaticists of the Ecole de Paris', have contributed extensively to our understanding of the relations between the life of the psyche and the working of somatic disease. Using his own clinical experiences as a psychoanalyst and psychosomaticist, the author significantly extends the study of 'operational states' and their metapsychological implications. His reasoning leads him to underscore the importance of the psychical terrain 'beyond the pleasure principle', governed by the sign of the death instinct, source of those mechanisms which lead to distortion of the individual's development and instinctual life. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Claude SmadjaPublisher: Free Association Books Imprint: Free Association Books Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.10cm Weight: 0.431kg ISBN: 9781853437540ISBN 10: 1853437549 Pages: 233 Publication Date: 01 March 2005 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely Availability: Out of stock Table of ContentsReviews'Health is when there is silence in the organs of the body' (R. Leriche) Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |