Why Ferenczi?: The Empathic Style in Psychoanalysis - Softcover

Kupermann, Daniel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8521223641 ISBN 13: 9788521223641

Publisher: Blucher, 2025

Synopsis

Known for his willingness to take on "difficult" cases, Sandór Ferenczi developed an original theory of traumatogenesis, based on the notion of disavowal (Verleugnung) of the unspeakable pain of the subject traumatized by the other, to whom he turns in search of testimony, recognition and reparation.

His subtle understanding of the fact that psychic trauma causes the subject to identify with the aggressor, followed by a narcissistic split, indicated the need to rethink clinical practice according to a psychoanalytic ethic of care. Ferenczi developed an emphatic style that was not only the main inspiration for some of the later developments in Freud's conception of clinical practice, but was also significant for the work of authors such as Winnicott and Lacan, for whom the psychic work of the analyst is included in the process of working-through in analysis.

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About the Author

Daniel Kupermann is a psychoanalyst and a professor at the Institute of Psychology, University of Sćo Paulo. He is a research advisor on the history of psychoanalysis and contemporary psychoanalytic practice, as well as on creativity, politics, humor and cultural processes. He has taught as a guest professor at universities in Europe and the United States. He has served as president of the Sįndor Ferenczi Brazilian Research Group and is a member of the board of the International Sįndor Ferenczi Network. He has authored articles published in French, English, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, and books published in Brazil, the United States and France.

Edition details

• Publisher: Blucher
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8521223641
• ISBN 13: 9788521223641
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 210