In the relational literature, the subject of termination - the ending of an analysis - has received scant attention, and traditional Freudian or ego-psychological criteria are not always enough to assess the readiness to terminate therapy in the coconstructed, intersubjective analytic relationship. Good Enough Endings seeks to remedy this gap, bringing together contributions from contemporary relational thinkers, while at the same time engaging with ideas from other psychoanalytic perspectives. Topics given consideration include:
Can there be a relational criteria or...
In the relational literature, the subject of termination - the ending of an analysis - has received scant attention, and traditional Freudian or eg...
'This is a rich collection of transnational and interdisciplinary case studies and analyses written by leading scholars in a key field. It should be read for years to come by all those interested in diagnosing and healing the wounds of history.'--Ben Kiernan, A.Whitney Griswold Professor of History, founding Director, Genocide Studies Program, Yale University.
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'This is a rich collection of transnational and interdisciplinary case studies and analyses written by leading scholars in a key field. It should b...
'This is a rich collection of transnational and interdisciplinary case studies and analyses written by leading scholars in a key field. It should be read for years to come by all those interested in diagnosing and healing the wounds of history.'--Ben Kiernan, A.Whitney Griswold Professor of History, founding Director, Genocide Studies Program, Yale University.
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'This is a rich collection of transnational and interdisciplinary case studies and analyses written by leading scholars in a key field. It should b...
Often, our trans-generational legacies are stories of 'us' and 'them' that never reach their terminus. We carry fixed narratives, and the ghosts of our perpetrators and of our victims. We long to be subjects in our own history, but keep reconstituting the Other as an object in their own history. Trans-generational Trauma and the Other argues that healing requires us to engage with the Other who carries a corresponding pre-history. Without this dialogue, alienated ghosts can become persecutory objects, in psyche, politics, and culture.
This volume examines the...
Often, our trans-generational legacies are stories of 'us' and 'them' that never reach their terminus. We carry fixed narratives, and the ghosts of...
Often, our trans-generational legacies are stories of 'us' and 'them' that never reach their terminus. We carry fixed narratives, and the ghosts of our perpetrators and of our victims. We long to be subjects in our own history, but keep reconstituting the Other as an object in their own history. Trans-generational Trauma and the Other argues that healing requires us to engage with the Other who carries a corresponding pre-history. Without this dialogue, alienated ghosts can become persecutory objects, in psyche, politics, and culture.
This volume examines the...
Often, our trans-generational legacies are stories of 'us' and 'them' that never reach their terminus. We carry fixed narratives, and the ghosts of...