The Psychoanalytic Zero: A Decolonizing Study of Therapeutic Dialogues

ISBN-13: 9780367859350 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 156 str.

Koichi Togashi

Opis

The Psychoanalytic Zero is written from the unique perspective of a Western-trained Asian psychoanalyst and applies principles of Eastern philosophy to understand the psychoanalytic relationship, psychoanalytic processes, and their uses – and limitations – for alleviating human suffering.

Spis treści

Preface; Acknowledgements; PART I EMPTINESS AND THE PSYCHOANALYTIC ZERO; Chapter 1: Surrender and Silence: The Problem of Narrative and Non-Narrative in Psychoanalysis; Chapter 2. Beyond the Guilt of Being: Surrender to Emptiness; Chapter 3. An Asian Ethical Perspective on Sincerity in Psychoanalysis; Chapter 4. The Motivational System of Moving Toward Zero; Chapter 5. Trauma, Contingency, and the Psychoanalytic Zero; PART II HUMAN SUFFERING AND THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING HUMAN; Chapter 6. Being Thrown into the World Without Informed Consent; Chapter; 7. From Traumatized Individuality to Being Human with Others: Intersubjective Taboo and Unspoken Reality; Chapter 8. A Sense of ‘Being Human’ and Twinship Experience; Chapter 9. The Problem of Uncertainty: The Future of Psychoanalysis; Epilogue; References

O autorze

Koichi Togashi, Ph.D., L.P., is a Professor at Konan University, Kobe, Japan, and a Faculty and Training and Supervising Analyst at TRISP, New York, U.S.A. He works in private practice in Kobe and Hiroshima, Japan.