The Embodied Subject Minding the Body in Psychoanalysis

by Muller, John P.; Tillman, Jane G.; Muller, John P., Ph.D.; Modell, Arnold H., M.D.; Siimpson, Richard B., M.D.; Kalinich, Lila J., M.D.; Frie, Roger; Tillman, Jane G., Ph.D.; Elmendorf, Donna M., Ph.D.; Fromm, M Gerard, Ph.D.; Plakun, Eric M., M.D.

• ISBN13: 9780765705273
• ISBN10: 0765705273
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-05-20
• Publisher: Jason Aronson, Inc.

Summary

The relationship between psyche and some is extremely important from a psychoanalytic theoretical and clinical perspective. This book reflects the cutting edge intersection of analytic theory, semiotics, biology, and psycholinguistics.

Author Biography

Steven B. Sandler is associate professor of psychiatry at Albany Medical Center in New York. For the past twenty years, his work has included the practice and teaching of dynamic psychotherapy.

Table of Contents

The body in psychoanalysis and the origin of fantasy	p. 1
That subtle knot : the body and metaphor	p. 17
The concept of "superego" : another look (up to par or a hole in one?)	p. 29
The lived body : from Freud to Merleau-Ponty and contemporary psychoanalysis	p. 55
Identificatory channels in psychosis : mimicry as adhesion and mockery as differentiation	p. 67
Containment and the use of skin	p. 81
The transition from bodies to words : a clinical illustration	p. 93
Perspectives on embodiment : from symptom to enactment and from enactment to sexual misconduct	p. 103
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