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Showing 1 to 20 of 431 for “"Psychoanalytic"”.
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The discourse of psychoanalytic film theory
This study reads contemporary psychoanalytic film theory as a discourse which implies specific stylistic practices in its investigation of three areas: the cinema (as apparatus), the film (as text) and film theory itself (as discourse). The study proceeds by examining the respective staging of …
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Towards a psychoanalytic theory of financial corruption
… problem, albeit this is seldom addressed in psychoanalytic terms. The ultimate aim of this research study is to enquire into the psychoanalytic roots of financial corruption and to ask whether it is possible to attempt a psychoanalytic investigation and explanation of acts of financial …
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Psychoanalytic Transference: Julia Kristeva’s Struggle for Maternal Identification
… together Jardine’s biography with Kristeva’s psychoanalytic theories and later autobiographical reflections. Kristeva’s own learning to do away with maternal desire is represented unconsciously yet powerfully by Jardine, who, I establish, takes the position as her good-enough biographer. …
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The emotional radioactivity behind conflict in psychoanalytic institutions
… that fuels the ‘radioactive atmosphere’ of psychoanalytic institutions - unconscious sources of the chronic conflicts that sometimes plague the relationships between members of psychoanalytical societies and obscure the path of a constructive resolution of conflict that leads to progress and …
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Dreaming Woman: Argentine Modernity and the Psychoanalytic Diaspora
… the ways in which forced migration has shaped psychoanalytic theories of sexual difference and evolving modes of feminist practice in Latin America. Home to more psychoanalysts per capita than any other country, Argentina emerged as a site of political asylum during WWII and of exilic …
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Childhood mourning : a critical evaluation of psychoanalytic views.
… in context, research on adult mourning, both psychoanalytic and empirical, is first reviewed. Psychoanalytic contributions on childhood mourning, with particular reference to parent loss are then examined, and it is .contended that Klein's theoretical formulations have been under utilised in …
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A psychoanalytic view on depression as a creative illness
This dissertation examines the concept of depression from the perspective that experiences of darkness and depth have validity, not as states to he avoided, rescued from or talked out of, but as creative opportunities. It also highlights that the journey into depths may be a perilous one, which …
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The Dream Structure of Pinter's Plays: A Psychoanalytic Approach
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Exploring interoception through a psychoanalytic lens: an analysis of the relationship between the neuropsychological concept of interoception and the psychoanalytic concept of countertransference
… perspectives upon a phenomenon much debated in psychoanalytic theory and the research literature. This a unique study contributing to the research literature in Child Psychotherapy. It highlights potential links between interoception and countertransference. Results may have implications for the …
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FEMALE NEUROSIS : A PSYCHOANALYTIC READING OF WOMEN IN HARDY'S NOVELS
This thesis seeks to study Hardy's fiction In the attempt to Illustrate his remarkably sophisticated and modem understanding of female neurosis. It argues that Hardy's portrayal of female characters who 'deviate' from the ideal Victorian woman, Is sensitive to the psychological predicament …
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The Curiosity that is Curiosity: A Psychoanalytic Conceptual-Clinical Study
Curiosity is central to the psychoanalytic endeavour, yet there has been little development of it as a psychoanalytic concept. As an internal experience it is not readily objectively identified. Alternatively it is possible to identify and operationalise defences against it. My approach is based on …
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Experience into psychoanalytic ideas: A psychobiographical study of Ferenczi's Introjection
How does experience become a psychoanalytic idea? The case of Ferenczi may provide an answer. Ferenczi played an important and yet controversial role in the development of psychoanalysis. Most of the past Ferenczi studies are either about Ferenczi’s psychoanalytic ideas or life. The former usually …
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Showing what we see: psychoanalytic vision, transparency, and linguistic pragmatics
… yet to be brought to bear on the analysis of psychoanalytic constructs. I discuss some theoretical overlaps that already exist between psychoanalytic theory and the linguistic philosopher John Austin (namely critiques of modern subjectivity and the function of language) and give examples of …
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The construct of masculinity in Spanish romantic theatre: a psychoanalytic analysis
Este estudio es un acercamiento a la masculinidad de los personajes románticos españoles partiendo del modelo de hombre del siglo XVIII. Se propone que la construcción de la identidad masculina en el Romanticismo en tanto que progresión hasta desembocar en la figura de Don Juan como sublimación del …
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Where is the love? A psychoanalytic history of the Cotswold community
… Cotswold Community. The social utility of the psychoanalytic idea’s of Winnicott, such as containment, regression and the ‘care-cure’ to address children's difficulties are explored from a perspective informed by attachment theory. The thesis begins by exploring the historic context of …
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All about 'attacks' and remaining 'mindless' to feelings - psychoanalytic reflections in playtherapy
… maintained that these attacks illustrate Bion's psychoanalytic thoughts concerning projective identification as a primitive mode of communication of unbearable feelings which cannot be tolerated, but at the same time unconsciously desire expression. Providing the theory for this is Bion's …
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Excavating discursivity : Post-Partum Document in the conceptualist, feminist and psychoanalytic fields
… Post Partum Document primarily as an example of psychoanalytically informed feminist art. My dissertation traces its original debate within the broader history of Conceptualism, feminism, and psychoanalysis in Britain, followed by its American reception in the eighties, at which point PostPartum …
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Working with the Drive: A Lacanian Psychoanalytic Approach to the Treatment of Addictions
… the clinical utility of applying Lacanian psychoanalytic interventions to the treatment of addictions. By combining theoretical exegesis with clinical case studies of psychotherapy with patients who struggled with addictions, this project seeks to: 1) contribute to the improvement of the …
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Never Lost, Never Found: A Psychoanalytic Study of Representations of the Child in Literature
… of real children. This work draws upon psychoanalytic theories of constructions, childhood, and the problem of loss, along with Arendts concept of natality in order to initiate exploration within the complicated world of adult/child relations. Literature, the primary content for this …
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