Psychoanalysis Mysticism and the Problem of by Alice Bar Nes PAPERBACK

Taylor & Francis

Psychoanalysis, Mysticism and the Problem of EpistemologyDefining the Indefinable\nAuthor(s): Alice Bar Nes\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032056852, 978-1032056852\nSynopsis\nThis book presents key psychoanalytic theories from a fresh perspective: that of the mystical element. \n\nThe author explores the depth-structure of central assumptions in psychoanalytic theory to uncover the mystical core of conventional analytic thinking. Exploring authors from Freud and Ferenczi, through Bion and Winnicott, to contemporary voices such as Ogden, Bollas and Eigen, the book shows that psychoanalysis has always operated on the assumption of psychic overlap, a \""soul-to-soul\"" contact, between patient and analyst. Surprisingly, the book shows how this \""magical\"" facet goes hand in hand with a pragmatic worldview that explores the epistemological complexities of psychoanalysis in search of a way to join the subjective, ev.