Sibling Relationships

ISBN-13: 9781855753235 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 253 str.

Prophecy Coles

Opis

This volume is an exciting collection of papers that explore a wide range of issues that affect sibling relationships--a long neglected subject in the arena of psychoanalytic thought.

Since the time of Sigmund Freud, psychoanalytic attention has focused firmly on the Oedipal triangle, with siblings languishing in virtual oblivion. In recent years, the importance of siblings and sibling relationships has started to be investigated, but we are still at the very beginning of formulating theory on this subject. This makes it an exciting and fascinating issue for the analysts who are forging new forms of thought on the interplay of sibling relationships.

Prophecy Coles has gathered a distinguished group of writers to bring their wisdom to the impact of sibling relationships on such diverse topics as siblings across the generations; sex and violence in siblings; twins; and siblings in couple therapy.

The Contributors: Leonore Davidoff, R.D. Hinshelwood, Vivienne Lewin, Juliet Mitchell, Elspeth Morley, Estelle Roith, Margaret Rustin, Michael Rustin, Jennifer Silverstone, Harriet Thistlethwaite, and Gary Winship.

Spis treści

Preface -- Introduction -- Culture and Literature -- The sibling relationship and sibling incest in historical context -- Ishmael and Isaac: an enduring conflict -- Orestes and democracy -- The siblings of Measure for Measure and Twelfth Night -- The replacement child as writer -- Clinical Theory -- Sibling trauma: a theoretical consideration -- The idealization of the twin realtionship -- The influence of sibling relationships on couple choice and development -- Siblings

O autorze

Coles, Prophecy