Why Language Matters to Psychoanalysis |
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Authors: | Donna M Orange PhD and PsyD |
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Institution: | 1. Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity , New York;2. Institute for Specialization in Self and Relational Psychoanalysis , Rome |
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Abstract: | Much psychoanalytic vocabulary is embedded in discourses, or languagegames, that involve philosophical assumptions that most post-Freudian, relational, and intersubjective systems analysts no longer accept. Terms like transference, projective identification, and representation, however carefully redefined for contemporary purposes, cannot escape their connotative history and loading. It is suggested that psychoanalytic thinkers and practitioners remain open to questioning and being questioned about our use of words, their impact on our attitudes toward our patients, and about our responsibility for disavowed assumptions about human nature and reality. |
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