@article{Eliezer, author = {Eliezer, Kopel}, title = {From green grass to green fields: Intersubjective thoughts about >generative< envy and jealousy (https://doi.org/10.1080/0803706X.2022.2135762)}, series = {International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 32 (No. 2, 2023), pp. 105-113.}, journal = {International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 32 (No. 2, 2023), pp. 105-113.}, abstract = {In this paper >jealousy< and >envy< are discussed from a unique perspective: as therapeutic goals rather than as maladaptive mechanisms. Furthermore, I suggest that jealousy be regarded as a performance of love. Four states are distinguished here; two of them are >primal narcissistic<, and the other two are >intersubjective<. Intersubjective envy and jealousy should be embraced as a >welcome flag< that signals a couple's entry into the oedipal layers. Mutuality and shared unconscious are described by means of >recognition< as a central concept. This article views recognition as a form of identification that allows >me parts< to be found and reclaimed from the significant >other<. In favor of historical justice and clarity, I introduce a less familiar case of Freud (1933) - Herr. P, and conclude with my own case story.}, language = {en} }