From the Enigma of Identity to “Becoming a Subject”: The Transitional Double

• Published in: Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association Vol. 71; no. 1; pp. 9 - 31
• Main Author: Jung, Johann
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.02.2023; SAGE Publications (UK and US)
• Subjects: Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Narcissism; Psychology; subjectivity; intersubjectivity; identity; double; primary narcissism; otherness; psychic mirror; reflexivity; transitional double

In the field of psychopathology, “narcissistic and identity-related suffering” refers to a type of suffering characterized by a lack of being that centrally affects narcissism and identity continuity/discontinuity. Present in many clinical and psychopathological pictures, these problems in turn invi...