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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822877103321

Autore

Knafo Danielle

Titolo

Unconscious fantasies and the relational world / / Danielle Knafo and Kenneth Feiner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hillsdale, N.J. : , : Analytic Press, , 2006

ISBN

1-134-91301-X

0-88163-204-X

0-203-78062-0

1-134-91294-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Collana

Relational perspectives book series ; ; v. 31

Altri autori (Persone)

FeinerKenneth

Disciplina

154.3

Soggetti

Fantasy

Psychoanalysis

Imagination

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 (p. 203-215) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Primal scene fantasies -- pt. 2. Family romance fantasies -- pt. 3. Castration fantasies.

Sommario/riassunto

What is the role of unconscious fantasies in psychological development, in psychopathology, and in the arts?   In Unconscious Fantasies and the Relational World, Danielle Knafo and Kenneth Feiner return to these interlinked questions with a specific goal in mind:  a contemporary appreciation of fantasy in its multiform relational contexts.  To this end, they provide detailed examinations of primal scene, family romance, and castration fantasies, respectively.  Each category of fantasy is pushed beyond its ""classical"" psychoanalytic meaning by attending to the child's ubiquitous c