Imagination and Reality
Subtitle: Psychoanalytical Essays 1951-1961
Publisher: Karnac Books
Published: 1987
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9781849400503; 9781283118019
Subjects: Psychoanalysis; Psychoanalytic Theory; Medicine; Psychanalyse
Description: A collection of essays, introduced by Masud Khan and J.D. Sutherland, on a variety of subjects including: observations on a case of vertigo; on idealization, illusion, and catastrophic disillusion; the nature and function of the analyst's communication to the patient; beyond the reality principle; and, the analysis of a detective story.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Contents; Introduction M. Masud R. Khan & J . D. Sutherland; I A contribution to the study of the dream screen; 2 Some observations on a case of vertigo; 3 On idealization, illusion, and catastrophic disillusion; 4 Symbolism and its relationship to the primary and secondary processes; 5 The nature and function of the analyst's communication to the patient; 6 An enquiry into the function of words in the psycho analytical situation; 7 On the defensive function of schizophrenic thinkingand delusion-formation; 8 Beyond the reality principle; 9 The analysis of a detective story.; title: 10 The effect of the psychoneurotic patient on his environmentReferences; Index.