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Autism is often described as a developmental disorder, implying there is a standard way to develop. However, Freud’s psychoanalysis offers a unique perspective on development by denaturalizing the human subject, suggesting there is no singular "healthy" or "well-developed" state, as even the most "adjusted" individuals are considered neurotic by Freudian standards. This perspective depathologizes human […]

Melanie Klein's entire endeavor might be described as a rich and unwavering effort to allow love to come to the fore, or in Klein's words, to extricate "love buried under hate" (Klein, 1934). From the very beginning of life until it's end, we long for the mythical union with the other, which is based on […]

In this paper I approach and examine the concept of the superego mainly from a Kleinian point of view, describe how it changes during the course of an individual’s development and raise questions about how and to what extent the primitive forces on which it is built can be modified by psychoanalysis. Using theory and […]

We are now often asked what our pronouns are and how we want to be referred to. But we also receive statements or declarations or requests regarding how others wish to be referred to. The pronoun has come into relief as a turbulent terrain. Tensions have emerged within families, between generations, and between some feminists […]

A possible definition for vínculo, translated into English as link or bond, is that of an unconscious situation that links subjects, determining them based on a relationship of presence and the effects of presence, distinct from a relationship based on absence and the re-presentation of that absence, leading to irreducible effects and encounters with excess […]

A distinctive feature of Kleinian approaches in psychoanalysis is their interest, which developed from Melanie Klein’s work with children, in early states of mind, which she called ‘primitive,’ These frequently involve part object relating, in which a person relates, not to whole people, but to parts of the self and of others. I am going […]

Scanning the contemporary psychoanalytic scene from the perspective of a journal editor, I will present (necessarily partial) observations and questions about recent and long-term continuities and changes. Aiming to initiate discussion, I will touch on a variety of topics: theory and theorists, infancy, sexuality, society and politics, art and literature, the environment, history and psychoanalytic […]

The appearance of Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams in 1899 is often thought to have launched a 20th-century fascination with dreams and the unconscious mind. Yet Freud's work (and the use of dreams to draw conclusions about unconscious thought processes) is also the culmination of a now forgotten 19th-century tradition. Under the heading of "working […]