Witnessing and Psychoanalysis - As If It Never Happened

Psychoanalysis and Witnessing intertwines aspects of the history of psychoanalysis with the development of Philippe Réfabert's own thinking and clinical practice.

List of contents

Part I: About the Originary 1. About a Limit Not Given at the Origin 2. A Transitional Psychic Matrix: A Proposal for Reflecting on Splitting and Fetishism 3. Maternal Donation and the Phallus: Consequences of a Construction 4. Rhythmic Concertation and Its Disruptions 5. On Expulsion Part II: On Witnessing 6. A Character, an Author, an Actor 7. Near the Originary, Where the Breath Fails 8. The Theory of Hysteria Hindered by the Absence of a Witness 9. The Witness: Subject of Psychoanalysis 10. In the Crevice of Time 11. Bearing the Other: The Two-Stage Birth of Psychoanalysis 12. Contribution to a Discussion on Bion’s Work

About the author

Philippe Réfabert is a psychoanalyst and prolific author based in Paris, France. His previous book, From Freud to Kafka, is also published by Routledge.

Summary

Psychoanalysis and Witnessing intertwines aspects of the history of psychoanalysis with the development of Philippe Réfabert’s own thinking and clinical practice.

Product details

• Authors: Philippe Refabert, Philippe Réfabert
• Assisted by: Agnès Jacob (Translation)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.10.2023
• EAN: 9781032564760
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3256476-0
• No. of pages: 96
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Psychoanalysis; PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General, Psychotherapy, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis