| Boundaries of timelessness. Some thoughts about the temporal dimension of the psychoanalytic space. | |
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PMID: 2753611 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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The psychoanalytic situation can be usefully observed from the perspective of its specific temporal structure, consisting of a complex inter-connexion of different temporalities. I stress the importance of interpreting the mental events happening around the temporal boundaries between the analyst's consulting room and the outside world. Time plays a key role in psychoanalysis--a process which is always terminated, while being intrinsically interminable--because bringing about change is one of its fundamental therapeutic functions and because the transference operates according to temporally-determined mechanisms, such as regression and repetition, involving the actualization of aspects of the past in the present. I use the expression 'contrast of temporalities' to describe a fruitful and therapeutic conflict between the strict time limitations imposed upon the setting by analytic technique, on the one hand; and, on the other, the atmosphere of timelessness so often characterizing the experience of psychoanalysis, both as a whole and within individual sessions. I trace the roots of this timelessness to the original experience of unidimensional time ('infantile omnipresent'), which is in turn related to the timeless quality of our unconscious life. |
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Authors:
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A Sabbadini |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: The International journal of psycho-analysis Volume: 70 ( Pt 2) ISSN: 0020-7578 ISO Abbreviation: Int J Psychoanal Publication Date: 1989 |
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Created Date: 1989-08-31 Completed Date: 1989-08-31 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 2985179R Medline TA: Int J Psychoanal Country: ENGLAND |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 305-13 Citation Subset: IM |
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Freudian Theory Humans Psychoanalytic Interpretation* Psychoanalytic Theory Psychoanalytic Therapy / methods* Time Perception* Unconscious (Psychology) |
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