In Session, on the Thread of Affect and Emotion: Contemporary Approaches

Ithier, Beatrice (Editor)

ISBN 10: 1800133049 / ISBN 13: 9781800133044

Published by Karnac Books, 2025

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166 pages. 9.02x5.94x6.00 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: In Session, on the Thread of Affect and Emotion: Contemporary Approaches
• Publisher: Karnac Books
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1800133049
• ISBN 13: 9781800133044
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 3.62 kilograms

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Synopsis

With contributions from Sara Boffito, Lesley Caldwell, Roosevelt Cassorla, Giuseppe Civitarese, Maria Teresa Flores, Be'atrice Ithier, Howard B. Levine, Ruggero Levy, Mauro Manica, Maria Grazia Oldoini, and Rene' Roussillon. In Session, on the Thread of Affect and Emotion: Contemporary Approaches is divided into four parts. The first looks at the Freudian and Bionian models and the book begins its journey with an investigation of Freudian metapsychology from Rene' Roussillon. The second part explores the aesthetic dimension of psychoanalysis and the link with truth, with a focus on emotions, dreams, and non-dreams. The third part concerns defensive issues experienced by the analyst and patient in the consulting room and the fourth and final part concerns the intersubjectivity of affect. Mauro Manica and Maria Grazia Oldoini highlight the shift that occurred with Melanie Klein and confirmed by Wilfred Bion in his theory of early links between love, hate, knowledge. It is interesting to see the differing approaches of these contributors from many different countries: France, Italy, Portugal, Brazil, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Whilst their approach to affect and emotion is influenced by their own cultural specificities and creativity, they all emphasise not only the shared affect, but also the emotional presence between the two protagonists. In this way, they give access to the deepest affective sediments, making this a must-read for all practising psychoanalysts and those with an academic interest.

About the Author

Beatrice Ithier is a clinical psychologist, psychoanalyst, and a full member of the Paris Psychoanalytical Society and the Italian Psychoanalytical Society (Pavia). She is recognised as a child, adolescent, and adult psychoanalyst by the International Psychoanalytical Association and is an honorary member of the Institute of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy in Warsaw, where she teaches. She was a former editor of the Revue francaise de psychanalyse and of the Organising Committee of the Congress of French- Speaking Psychoanalysts. She is the author of numerous books and articles (International Journal of Psychoanalysis, Revue francaise de psychanalyse) published in France and elsewhere; of international analytical culture, she is involved in the Kleinian and post- Kleinian, Bionian, and post-Bionian heritage.