"Lacan, Kris and the Psychoanalytic Legacy: The Brain Eater examines the case of a scholar which was commented on by three leading psychoanalysts of the twentieth century: Melitta Schmideberg, Ernst Kris, and Jacques Lacan. Sergio Benvenuto unpicks the complex case history of the patient he cal...

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1. Verfasser:	Benvenuto, Sergio 1948- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	London; York, NY Routledge 2024
Schlagworte:	Kris, Ernst > 1900-1957 Lacan, Jacques > 1901-1981 Psychotherapie Psychoanalyse Ich-Psychologie Lacan, Jacques / 1901-1981 Kris, Ernst / 1900-1957 Psychoanalysis / Case studies Psychotherapy / Case studies Psychanalyse / Études de cas Psychoanalysis Psychotherapy Case studies
Zusammenfassung:	"Lacan, Kris and the Psychoanalytic Legacy: The Brain Eater examines the case of a scholar which was commented on by three leading psychoanalysts of the twentieth century: Melitta Schmideberg, Ernst Kris, and Jacques Lacan. Sergio Benvenuto unpicks the complex case history of the patient he calls 'Professor Brain', a man who struggled to publish his research because of his fixation on plagiarism, and who has never been identified. Benvenuto reconstructs the case through the first-hand accounts of the patient's analysts and Lacan and sets it in the context of mid-century psychoanalytic debate. As we progress through the patient's story, Benvenuto explains Lacan's theories as they apply to the case: the 'foreclosure' of orality; obsessional neurosis; mental anorexia; and, above all, the reasons for his opposition to Ego psychology, of which Kris was one of the most important representatives. This book will be of great interest to psychoanalysts in practice and in training, psychiatrists and clinical psychologists. It will also be of interest to academics and scholars of philosophy, the history of psychoanalysis, literature, and cultural studies"--
Beschreibung:	X, 124 Seiten
ISBN:	9781032482330 9781032482354