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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807328803321

Autore

Symington Neville

Titolo

The Spirit of Sanity / / Neville Symington

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Taylor and Francis, , 2018

ISBN

0-429-92230-2

0-429-90807-5

0-429-48330-9

1-280-68612-X

9786613663061

1-84940-329-5

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Disciplina

150.195

616.890076

Soggetti

Psychoanalysis

Spirituality

Mental health

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Introductory remarks; MEDITATION ONE An ontology for sanity; MEDITATION TWO Freedom and survival; MEDITATION THREE A pattern of madness; MEDITATION FOUR Emotional action and strengthening of the ego; MEDITATION FIVE God and the worm; MEDITATION SIX Trauma and attachment; MEDITATION SEVEN How our technique is affected by this outlook; MEDITATION EIGHT The spirit of sanity: discussion of central issues; Closing remarks; APPENDIX B An exegesis of conscience in the works of Freud; APPENDIX C Envy: a psychological analysis; APPENDIX D "I feel a fraud"; REFERENCES

Sommario/riassunto

"A rare and unusual consideration of the spiritual dimensions of sanity from a psychoanalytic perspective, this transcription of a series of seven lectures delivered at the Tavistock Clinic capture the spontaneity and immediacy of the interplay between one of the world's most eminent psychoanalysts and an audience of his peers. The author of the



established psychoanalytic classics Emotion and Spirit, Narcissism: A New Theory; and The Analytic Experience here brings his characteristic insight and innovation to the question of how the traditional Freudian view of religious belief as neurotic or illusory can be reconciled with a way of taking up psychoanalytic work without abandoning the spiritual dimension to life."--Provided by publisher.