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The Paradoxical Place of Enactment in Psychoanalysis: Introduction

  • This discussion addresses key points of contact and difference in the work of Eigen and Grotstein, each of whom holds unique and highly dramatic and enigmatic views of unconscious life. Their views can be framed as relational. They each cite Bion as an important influence but develop distinct sensibilities. In conceptualizing the unconscious, each author must tangle with difficulties with language and representation. Using a clinical example, I point out four aspects of my work on the unconscious: that unusual links of body and mind are posited that the unconscious is historical that the unconscious also contains transhistorical forces and processes and, finally, that unconscious life handles time in unusual and nonrational ways. Eigen's interest in process and Grotstein's interest in mental structures are contrasted. The ethical implications of work on the unconscious are suggested.

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Author:Adrienne Harris
Parent Title (English):Psychoanalytic Dialogues, Vol. 14 (2004), pp. 131-137.
Document Type:Articles
Language:English
Year of first Publication:2004
Release Date:2017/11/20
Format:xerox upon request / Fotokopie auf Anfrage
IdNo:Harris_A_2004
Erich Fromm's Library and Erich Fromm Archive:Articles / Artikel
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