The Work of the Negative

Andre Green

ISBN 10: 1853434701 / ISBN 13: 9781853434709

Published by Free Association Books, 1999

About this Item

The author, a French psychoanalyst and thinker, draws attention to the work of the negative in Freud, examining aspects such as dream works and the work of mourning. The "work of the negative" refers to how we cope, or do not cope, with the inevitability of lacking what we want. Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: JMAF; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 492. . 1999. Paperback. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Work of the Negative
• Publisher: Free Association Books
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853434701
• ISBN 13: 9781853434709
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

This is the first English translation of Le Travail du Negatif by the French psychoanalyst and thinker Andre Green. Green draws our attention to the work of the negative in Freud, examining aspects that are not normally associated with it: dream work, the work of mourning, identification, etc. The kernel of Green's argument is that the development of the ego and any experiencing of ourselves as subjects has to be achieved against an essential background of loss and absence. The phrase work of the negative refers to how we do or do not cope with this inevitability of lacking what we want.

About the Author

Andre Green is a Training Analyst and a former President of the Paris Psychoanalytic Society, an Honorary Member of the British Psychoanalytical Society and a Patron of the Squiggle Foundation. He is also a Director of the Paris Psychoanalytic Institute and an author of various books in the psychoanalytic field including "The Work of the Negative, The Chains of Eros" and "Time in Psychoanalysis."