Matte-Blanco here develops his conceptualization of the Freudian unconscious in terms of logic and mathematics, with many clinical examples.
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"In applying the complexities and paradoxes of mathematical logic to psychoanalysis, Matt-Blanco has enriched it incredibly and has given us fascinating new instruments to wield in the clinical situation." - James S. Grotstein, The International Journal of Psychoanalysis
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Seller: Chamblin Bookmine, Jacksonville, FL, U.S.A.
Hardcover. 8vo. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Early printing. Boards are bound in light gray cloth with straight edges. Bottom front corner is creased. Spine is uncreased with straight edges and gold gilt lettering. Water damage present along top edge of front board and back board. Text block is straight with water damaged top edge. Binding is firm. 347p. End pages have visible water damage. Old pricing sticker present on upper corner of half title page. White pages are unmarked and remain stiff from water damage. Glossy Dust Jacket is unclipped with bold lettering on bright red background. Edges and corners are creased. Old pricing sticker on upper corner of front cover. Seller Inventory # 118513
Seller: Borkert, Schwarz und Zerfaß GbR, Berlin, Germany
Originalbroschur. Condition: Sehr gut. XII; 347 S.; Sauber erhalten. . // Englisch. - Ignacio Matte-Blanco's lifelong contribution to psychoanalysis is one of the most original since Freud. In this book, which includes an introductory chapter summarizing his work to date, he turns his attention to the ways we conceive mental life and particularly to the concept of an inner world of thoughts and feelings, and the problems involved in thinking about it. He argues that by conceptualizing the Freudian unconscious as structured according to the principles of formal (Aristotelian) logic and those of what Matte-Bianco christens symmetrical logic (in which by symmetrical thinking everything is ultimately equivalent to everything else), it is possible to clarify the psychoanalytically crucial processes of projection and introjection and also those involved in dreams, symbolic operations, emotion and psychological symptoms. In this way, the author argues, the momentousness of Freud's discovery of the unconscious and its implications for thinking in psychoanalysis and other disciplines can be made clearer. The book, illustrated by clinical material drawn from his work as a psychoanalyst, offers a bridge between psychoanalytic and other modes of thought and offers psychoanalysts the opportunity to think and theorize more clearly. . (Verlagstext) / INHALT : . The infinite in Klein's writings and in her conception --- Bi-logical structures in Klein's writings --- Projective identification: a bi-logical structure --- The intertwining of both modes and their relation to Klein's discoveries: bi-modality, order, and grammar --- Order and grammar --- Freud and PI --- Klein and the concept of the unconscious --- 'Memories in feelings': an unexpected contribution to the solution of an old problem --- Concluding remarks --- Postscript: a personal impression of Melanie Klein --- Part Three: Projective and introjective processes: a bi-logical point of view --- Some guiding concepts for understanding clinical reality --- Normality, pathology, and levels of aggression --- Libido and object-relations theories --- The general functions of defensive processes --- The particular functions of projection and intro-jection --- The integration of projection and other defence mechanisms --- Ethology, assimilation, introjection, and projection --- An important epistemological principle --- Levels of depth: a working scheme for use in clinical practice --- Three regions or levels of projection-introjection --- The region of happening --- The region of the basic matrix of introjection and projection --- The region of intermediate levels of introjection and projection --- (u.v.a.) ISBN 0415006775 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 750 The new Library of Psychoanalysis; 5. A Tavistock Professional Book. Seller Inventory # 1276651
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Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Series; New library of psychoanalysis ; 5. Physical description; 3347 pages, 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliography and index. Subjects; Subconsciousness ; Case studies. Thought and thinking. Logic, Symbolic and mathematical. Psychoanalysis. Cognition. Unconscious, Psychology. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 474334
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