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1 online resource (225 pages) |
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COVER; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE: Psychoanalysis: an art or a science?; CHAPTER TWO: Aesthetic concepts of Bion and Meltzer; CHAPTER THREE: The domain of the aesthetic object; CHAPTER FOUR: Sleeping beauty; CHAPTER FIVE: Moving beauty; CHAPTER SIX: Psychoanalysis as an art form; AFTERWORD: My Kleinian ancestors; REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
| Summary |
'Few people would be better qualified than Meg Harris Williams to write this innovative and eagerly anticipated post-Kleinian book. Deeply versed in the opus of Bion and Meltzer, Harris Williams enhances the concept of "catastrophic change". The analyst who "eschews memory and desire" observes the subtle interplay of transference and countertransference (Meltzer's "counter dreaming") as it works through aesthetic conflicts. The ensuing reciprocity of the patients and analysts unconscious is revealed as the aesthetical and ethical basis of psychoanalysis. In that sense the psychoanalytical proc |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Bion, Wilfred R. (Wilfred Ruprecht), 1897-1979.
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Meltzer, Donald
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Keats, John, 1795-1821 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Bion, Wilfred R. (Wilfred Ruprecht), 1897-1979 fast |
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Keats, John, 1795-1821 fast |
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Meltzer, Donald fast |
| Subject |
Psychoanalysis and philosophy.
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Aesthetics -- Psychological aspects
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Aesthetics -- Psychological aspects
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Psychoanalysis and philosophy
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781849407953 |
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1849407959 |
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