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The sense of the past: Theoretical and clinical aspects of deferred action.
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International Journal of Psychoanalysis . Dec2021, Vol. 102 Issue 6, p1097-1115. 19p. - Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Psychoanalysis has made a singular contribution to our understanding of how we live with the past; most importantly, the concept of "deferred action" (it will become clear why I wish to retain the English translation) challenges the association of causality with a particular temporal direction, that is, the earlier-to-later direction of causal efficacy. The purpose of this paper is to explore the implications of "backwards causation" (as it were) based on an application of the theory of object-use to the problem of memory. I begin with some introductory comments on Winnicott's theory of object-use, before presenting clinical observations on a patient's emerging sense of the past. In the theoretical discussion that follows, I consider the problem of memory in light of the clinical example. A discussion of the continued importance of "deferred action" is presented together with the introduction of the concept of "reclamation" as a type of re-descriptive memory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *PSYCHOANALYSIS
*BELIEF & doubt
*CAUSATION (Philosophy)
*MEMORY
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00207578
- Volume :
- 102
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Psychoanalysis
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 153951405
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00207578.2021.1878004