Psychoanalysis for a new humanism: Embodied testimony, connectedness, memory and forgiveness for a >persistence of the human<
- In proposing a refounding of psychoanalysis within a humanist perspective, the author suggests a comparison between Elie Wiesel’s discussion of concepts such as witnessing, testimony, and memory as redemption, and Sandor Ferenczi’s idea of the therapist as >benevolent and useful witness,< who, thanks to his/her true empathic and committed participation, in contrast to Freud’s neutrality, enables the patient to achieve real awareness of the split parts within him- or herself, as well as an integration of the fragmentation due to trauma. Against >indifference,< the practice of connectedness, responsibility, memory, love, and forgiveness as true elaboration of trauma and >going beyond< are proposed as tools towards a >persistence of the human< in a world of increasing dehumanization.
MetadatenAuthor: | Clara Mucci |
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Parent Title (English): | International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Vol. 27 (No. 3, 2018), pp. 176-187. |
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Document Type: | Articles |
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Language: | English |
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Year of first Publication: | 2018 |
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Release Date: | 2019/03/04 |
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Format: | PDF-scan upon request / PDF-Scan auf Anfrage |
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IdNo: | Mucci_C_2018 |
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Erich Fromm's Library and Erich Fromm Archive: | Articles / Artikel |
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