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  • The author discusses Arnold Rothstein's paper >Compromise Formation Theory: An Intersubjective Dimension< and challenges his definition of intersubjectivity. She offers a perspective in which the import of intersubjectivity theory is less to dissolve the notion of objectivity than to grasp processes of mutual engagement, regulation, and recognition. While it is true that the recognition that the analyst is also a subject and therefore does not have exclusive knowledge is an important shift in the psychoanalytic paradigm, the author suggests that the intersubjective is far more encompassing than this. Intersubjective theory emphasizes the active creation of consensus or conflict about reality rather than merely the recognition that the analyst's perspective on reality is subjective. This cocreation produces a different emotional experience of connection, not merely a change in the quality of insight. Finally, Rothstein's case illustrates how he responds to the need for recognition and regulation. He shows us how focusing on the procedural allowed him to make an intersubjective shift, not simply an intrapsychic interpretation of compromise formation.

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Author:Jessica Benjamin
Parent Title (English):Psychoanalytic Dialogues, Vol. 15 (2005), pp. 447-457.
Document Type:Articles
Language:English
Year of first Publication:2005
Release Date:2017/11/20
Format:xerox upon request / Fotokopie auf Anfrage
IdNo:Benjamin_J_2005a
Erich Fromm's Library and Erich Fromm Archive:Articles / Artikel
Licence (German):
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