On Sublimation A Path to the Destiny of Desire, Theory, and Treatment

This book explores and revisits the concept of sublimation, in its various aspects and implications that it has in theory and clinical psychoanalysis, and also in its broader socio-cultural aspects. The basic assumption that aroused the author's interest in the topic is a certain surprise in ob...

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Main Author Valdre, Rossella
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Routledge 2014
Taylor and Francis
Taylor & Francis Group
Karnac
Edition1
SeriesThe International Psychoanalytical Association Controversies in Psychoanalysis Series
Subjects
Psychoanalysis
Sublimation (Psychology)
Pregenital Instincts
Unwelcome Guest
Le Guen
Irreducible Contradictions
Drive Renunciation
Camille Claudel
Freudian Sublimation
Contemporary Clinical Practice
Epistemophilic Drive
Dickinson's Poetry
Clinical Practice
Pregenital Sexuality
Young Men
Sole Raw Material
Cultural Super-ego
Infantile Sexual Curiosity
Physicians Practising Psycho Analysis
Wet Nurse
Cultural Superego
Pregenital Drives
Enigmatic Message
Aesthetic Conflict
Adverse Counterpart
Animal Kingdom
Drive Destiny
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Summary:This book explores and revisits the concept of sublimation, in its various aspects and implications that it has in theory and clinical psychoanalysis, and also in its broader socio-cultural aspects. The basic assumption that aroused the author's interest in the topic is a certain surprise in observing how sublimation in psychoanalysis is in general spoken about less in contemporary discourse: so is it an outdated concept, an endangered species? Does it belong to the archaeology of psychotherapy? Or, on the contrary, is it so much a part of analytical practice and so well established and implicit in theory that it is not necessary to discuss it any more? It is the prevailing opinion of the author that sublimation is nowadays expressed differently and has undergone a sort of anthropological mutation, as has happened to several Freudian concepts with the changing historical and cultural contexts.
ISBN:9781782200284
1782200282
DOI:10.4324/9780429478048