The Shadow of the Object: Psychoanalysis of the Unthought Known
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (987 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0231185073 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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Expanding on Psych 101 & making sense Dean Yannias The one take-away I have from the then-mandatory psych class in college 45 years ago was: most emotional harm is done to children by well-meaning but ignorant parents. The subtle implications of the impact of infant nurturing is daunting -- "Where do we learn how to relate to the world around us other than through how the world 'treats' us?"the first world being the mother and father? How this non-verbal han. Five Stars Dr. Bogdanovic Excellent! This book is a must have for every practicing psychoanalyst and candidate in psychoanalysis!. Five Stars Excellent
One of the most interesting and important books on psychoanalysis in the last decade. (André Green, former vice president of the International Psychoanalytical Association)This is a unique and remarkable book. It is also a beautiful book. (American Journal of Psychiatry)Clinically perceptive, and thought-provoking. (International Journal of Psychoanalysis)A mind-expanding experience. Exquisitely sensitive to affective nuances as clues to early, preoedipal events and their developmental consequences. (Psychoanalytic Quarterly) . A member of the Independent Group of the British Psychoanalytical Society, Christop
Christopher Bollas is a member of the British Psychoanalytical Society and the Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytic Studies.
In this influential work, Christopher Bollas terms this “the unthought known,” offering radical new visions of the scope of psychoanalysis that expand our understanding of the creativity of the unconscious mind and the aesthetics of human character.The Shadow of the Object integrates aspects of Freud’s theory of unconscious thinking with elements from the British Object Relations School. The concept of the unthought known has influenced many areas of study, including literature, psychology, and the arts. During our formative years, we are continually “impressed” by the object world. Most of this experience will never be consciously thought, but it resides within us as assumed knowledge. Aspects of the unthought knownthe primary repressed unconsciousemerge during psychoanalysis as a mood, the aesthetic of a dream, or in our relation to the self as other. This anniversary edition includes a new preface by Christopher Bollas.. Within the unique analytic relationship, it becomes possible, at least in part, to think the unthoughtan experience that has enormous transformative potential.First published in 1987, The Shadow of the Object remains a classic of the psychoanalytic literature written by an original thinker