TY - JOUR A1 - Gonzaga, Lucas T1 - Work and perversion JF - International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 21 (No. 1, 2012), pp. 030-034. N2 - Recent theories and practices in human resources management indicate the possibility of the complete control of man over his environment as well as himself. Analysis of this new concept from a psychoanalytical viewpoint shows a close relationship between control strategies that are part of some management practices and perversion, generating research elements for managers and other professionals in the mental health field. Y1 - 2012 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Pereira Mendes, Eliana Rodrigues T1 - Women behind the couch JF - International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 21 (No. 1, 2012), pp. 062-064. N2 - The author takes on the issue of women and work, over time, giving special emphasis to women psychoanalysts. Psychoanalysis comprises an important factor for the liberation of women in general who, at the same time, owe them so much: not just those lying on the couch, but also those behind it. Y1 - 2012 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Rigas, Dimitrios T1 - When interpretations are not enough: Interactions between the analytic pair, an intersubjective approach JF - International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 21 (No. 3-4, 2012), pp. 182-188. N2 - Psychoanalysis today is increasingly turning its sights on narcissistic and borderline states, in which archaic forms of defense predominate and accordingly burden the analytic setting. Mental function suffers, and psychic pain cannot be experienced as a mental emotional experience. As a result, the whole situation tends towards the direction of enactment. In such cases, interpretations are not enough, at least on a primary level. Instead, there should be a possibly lengthy period of containment of this archaic nonverbal communication within the psychic space of the analyst in order give it meaning and subsequently remit it into the potential space between the analyst and the analysand in the analytic setting. It has been increasingly accepted by the psychoanalytic community that the analyst's response towards the analysand's transference is likely to contain elements that come from the analyst's own mental and affective processes. Such a holistic view of countertransference is open to acknowledging, and even embracing, the subjectivity of the analyst in the analytic process. The analyst's affective reaction toward and involvement with his patients, which is absent from the classic description of countertransference, turns the latter concept into a valuable and reliable tool for understanding severe pathology within an intersubjective frame of interaction. This paper presents the clinical case of a middle-aged man with narcissistic disorder and an incapacity to mourn. It describes the course of the interaction within the analytic pair that, in a setting of intersubjectivity, worked toward reconstructing the patient's sense of loss and absence. Y1 - 2012 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Cheliotis, Leonidas K. T1 - Violence and Narcissism: A Frommian Perspective on Destructiveness under Authoritarianism JF - Fromm Forum (English Edition – ISSN 1437-1189), 16 / 2012, Tuebingen (Selbstverlag), pp. 27-38. N2 - This article offers a sympathetic appraisal of Erich Fromm’s concept of narcissism as it relates to the emergence, sustenance, and resolution of authoritarian violence. The discussion is first placed within the methodological debate over the analytic operations that are required for an adequate understanding of authoritarian violence, explaining why a psychoanalytic perspective is necessary. The focus then shifts to Fromm’s take on the Freudian concept of narcissism, before proceeding to explore in some depth his account of the symbolic mechanisms and contextual climate that must combine in practice in order for narcissistic energies to be channeled into authoritarianism and violence. Attention in this regard is paid both to the populace and governing elites. The article concludes with a short exposition of Fromm’s notion of benign narcissism, from its specific content to the conditions of its possibility. T3 - Fromm Forum (English edition / englische Ausgabe) - e16/2012d Y1 - 2012 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kristof, N. D. T1 - Veterans and Brain Disease JF - The New York Times, April 25, 2012, 3 pp. Y1 - 2012 N1 - Ex libris Marco Bacciagaluppi ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Butler, Jessica T1 - Unconscious Coupling: The implications of Freud’s assertion that ‘the sexual instinct and the sexual object are merely soldered together’, Essay, Englis and Comparative Literature, University of London, Goldsmiths, UK 2012. Y1 - 2012 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kouvelas, Elias D. T1 - Unconscious and plasticity: Bridges between psychoanalysis and neuroscience JF - International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 21 (No. 3-4, 2012), pp. 214-217. N2 - The recent developments in brain science research suggest that terms such as >consciousness< or >unconscious< can be discussed not only on a psychological or psychoanalytic basis, but also on a neurobiological one. The work of several investigators indicates that, through the mechanisms of brain plasticity, an unconscious internal reality can be formed that probably plays a key role in the determination of the subject. The functions of the amygdala can be a good example for visualizing this type of mechanism. Mirror neurons may also play a key role in human development during the prelinguistic stages of life. Y1 - 2012 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Housden, Martyn T1 - True believer: racism and one Nazi ideologist JF - Psychoanalysis and Politics. Exclusion and the Politics of Representation, London (Karnac) 2012, pp. 91-109. Y1 - 2012 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Plakun, Eric M. T1 - Treatment Resistance and Psychodynamic Psychiatry: Concepts Psychiatry Needs from Psychoanalysis JF - Psychodynamic Psychiatry, Vol. 40 (2012), pp. 183-210. Y1 - 2012 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kyriazis, Dimitris T1 - Transformations and the rebirth of the true unconscious subject: An intersubjective perspective JF - International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 21 (No. 3-4, 2012), pp. 173-181. N2 - The transformations that lead to the rebirth of the true-unconscious-subject-as-I (TUs-as-I) in the unconscious of the patient's mind is discussed. The TUs-as-I is the vehicle and main exponent of self-realization, the basis of the intention for freedom of will, for creative motive, and for the construction of meaning. The unconscious ego is the representative of the TUs-as-I, and in cases where it has been devitalized, the patient's unconscious ego/me is lost, broken, or has become >dead.< It is suggested that, in the analytic situation, apart from serving as an external object available for the patient's unconscious imaginary identification, the analyst as the Other also functions as an external Subject, who invites the analysand to respond to his discourse/logos as a supposed-to-be Subject and to identify with his symbolic call. If the patient accepts the call and responds, transformations of his ego/self structures take place that lead to rebirth of the TUs-as-I, to a regenesis of new ego structures, and to a catastrophic change of the >dead imaginary ego-object formations.< The present work discusses certain factors and issues that facilitate the regenesis process, the emergence of a >live true self,< and offers clinical material for the issues discussed. Y1 - 2012 ER -