This publication is the new volume of the Contemporary Freud Series published by the IPA and now in association with Karnac Books.
The book describes the developments of the concept of -splitting- both in the metapsychological and the clinical perspectives emphasizing the great importance of this topic for contemporary psychoanalysis.
Starting with the history of the concept, the book covers the French, English and Latin American recent theorizations on the theme. In regard to the clinical approaches the volume will present in the different chapters the...
This publication is the new volume of the Contemporary Freud Series published by the IPA and now in association with Karnac Books.
Both melancholia and mourning are triggered by the same thing, that is, by loss. The distinction often made is that mourning occurs after the death of a loved one while in melancholia the object of love does not qualify as irretrievably lost. Melancholia is about a loss that is sometimes retrievable.
Both melancholia and mourning are triggered by the same thing, that is, by loss. The distinction often made is that mourning occurs after the death of...
