Metaphor and Fields: Common Ground, Common Language, and the Future of Psychoanalysis

This edited volume is aimed at psychoanalysts belonging to different schools of thought. What all these analysts must have in common however is an interest in thinking through the importance of theories of metaphor and theories of fields as applicable in the context of psychoanalysis. It would not b...

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Main Author: Shiva Srinivasan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Edinburgh 2015-12-01
Series:Language and Psychoanalysis
Online Access:http://www.language-and-psychoanalysis.com//article/view/1584
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description This edited volume is aimed at psychoanalysts belonging to different schools of thought. What all these analysts must have in common however is an interest in thinking through the importance of theories of metaphor and theories of fields as applicable in the context of psychoanalysis. It would not be a stretch to say that the basic concepts of ‘metaphor and fields’ are periodically reinvented by psychoanalysts of various persuasions who are not acquainted with each other’s work since they do not read or review the literature that is produce outside the school to which they belong.
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spelling doaj.art-b01596ba261d4905859e20db5f7651272022-12-22T02:00:48ZengUniversity of EdinburghLanguage and Psychoanalysis2049-324X2015-12-0132687010.7565/landp.2014.0101584Metaphor and Fields: Common Ground, Common Language, and the Future of PsychoanalysisShiva Srinivasan0IIPM ChennaiThis edited volume is aimed at psychoanalysts belonging to different schools of thought. What all these analysts must have in common however is an interest in thinking through the importance of theories of metaphor and theories of fields as applicable in the context of psychoanalysis. It would not be a stretch to say that the basic concepts of ‘metaphor and fields’ are periodically reinvented by psychoanalysts of various persuasions who are not acquainted with each other’s work since they do not read or review the literature that is produce outside the school to which they belong.http://www.language-and-psychoanalysis.com//article/view/1584
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