Creation of the Self and Language - Primitive Sensory Relations of the Child With the Outside World

List of contents

Foreword -- the Autistic Child -- Introduction -- Revisiting Freud from the standpoint of his writings on aphasia -- Some modern psychoanalytic theories on autism -- The child’s relationship with the Other and with language: some concepts of Merleau-Ponty and Henri Wallon -- Benjamin -- Testimonies -- Transformation

About the author

David Rosenfeld is a consultant professor at Buenos Aires University; Faculty of Medicine in the Department of Mental Health and Psychiatry; a training analyst of the Buenos Aires Psychoanalytic Society, and a former Vice-President of the International Psychoanalytical Association

Summary

This book develops models and hypotheses about the mechanisms of the origin of language and the self. It offers a highly original discussion of language acquisition in relation to Freud's paper on aphasia. The book is useful for psychiatrists, teachers, social workers, and parents.

Product details

• Authors: Maria Rhode, ROSENFELD, David Rosenfeld, Rosenfeld David
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367327644
• ISBN: 978-0-367-32764-4
• No. of pages: 80
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / General, Psychotherapy, Child & developmental psychology, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Child and Adolescent Studies, Autism and Aspergers