Introduction by Arne Jemstedt.
This reader brings together a selection of seminal papers by Christopher Bollas.
Essays such as ‘The Fascist State of Mind’, ‘The Structure of Evil’ and ‘The Functions of History’ have established his position as one of the most significant cultural critics of our time. Also included are examples of his psychoanalytical writings, such as ‘The Transformational Object’ and ‘Psychic Genera’, that deepen and renew interest in unconscious creative processes. Two recent essays, ‘Character and Interformality’ and ‘The Wisdom of the Dream’ extend his work on aesthetics and the role of form in everyday life.
This is a collection of papers that will appeal to anyone interested in human experience and subjectivity.
Table of Contents
The Transformational Object. Extractive Introjection. Normotic Illness. The Destiny Drive. Psychic Genera. The Fascist State of Mind. Why Oedipus? The Functions of History. Cracking Up. The Structure of Evil. Mental Interference. Creativity and Psychoanalysis. Architecture and the Unconscious. What is Theory? Character and Interformality. The Wisdom of the Dream.
Author/Editor Biography
Christopher Bollas PhD is a Member of the British Psychoanalytical Society, the Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytic Studies, and Honorary Member of the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research (IPTAR) in New York.
Arne Jemstedt MD is a psychoanalyst in private practice in Stockholm. He is a member and training analyst of the Swedish Psychoanalytical Association and its current President. He edited the Swedish translation of Christopher Bollas’s book Being a Character and has published articles and chapters on Bollas’s work in Swedish and international psychoanalytic journals and books. He is a member of the International Editorial Panel for the Complete Works of D. W. Winnicott and editor of Swedish translations of Winnicott’s work. He is a member of the ‘nomenclature group’ for the Swedish translation of Freud’s Standard Edition.
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L-as citi pe domnul acesta. Pare foarte interesant. Nu-mi explic de ce nu gasesc articole semnate de el pe pepweb. Mai incerc.
Exista si in romaneste o carte a sa, Asocierea libera, de formatul unei brosuri – v. aici http://lucman.ro/carte/asocierea-libera–i45903
V-ar interesa un text pentru Salon din Bollas? As putea sa traduc din The Fascist State of Mind sau din The Structure of Evil (care e un pic cam homofoba dupa mine). Ce ziceti? Bollas s-a format in scoala relatiilor de obiect, dupa ce a avut un flirt puternic, poate ma insel, cu psihologia eului. E un foarte bun scriitor, si de obicei nu prea isi editeaza manuscrisele [are un editor bun]. Face asociere libera in permanenta. [The transformational object e un text foarte interesant pentru mine]
Daaa Bogdan, vreau eu. Sunt tare curioasa ce scrie. Deci 1 vot de la mine. Cate mai vrei?:)
@ Bogdan: Eu sunt de acord cu tot ce vrei tu sa pui pe gradiva, dar Transformational Object suna si bionian si relationalist, d`aia imi place, unde mai pui ca si tie ti se pare interesant, ceea ce-l recomanda din start. Te asteptam cand poti.
k, obiectul transformativ (transformant?) ramane atunci. Cred ca ca o sa traduc fragmente si le punem pe gradiva cu ajutorul lui Dorin. Poate Ioana ne lamureste cu partea de Bion, pentru ca eu nu prea stiu multe. Howell, cea pe care a pus-o Dorin ultima data, si ea suna interesant si poate adauga la discutia noastra despre disociat partea de gen, pe care ea e specialista.
AI: politica mea la voturi este ca "I need all the love I can get."
Departe de mine "priceperea" in ale lui Bion. Am acasa "Transformarile" in franceza si la jumatate am capitulat. Omul se tine cu dintii de grila si din pricina asta m-a pierdut. Asa ca nu sunt vreo cunoscatoare. Daca imi vine vreo idee o enunt.
Citesc acum "Hysteria" lui Bollas si mi se pare foarte interesant individul. Astept cu nerabdare urmatoarea aparitie de la salonul relational.
Pe mine ma atrag mai mult primele propuneri ale lui Bogdan si Hysteria.
Ioana, cum ai facut rost de carte, de pe Amazon?
"All the love i can get". Pai, unde e filonul stangist? :))
@ Al: Pe grupul de master exista intreaga carte. Din pacate nu am permisiunea s-o dau mai departe. Mai vorbim dupa ce intreb si eu ce se poate face.
Multumesc, nu-ti fa griji, fac eu rost daca e.