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    Thanatos, Shame, and Other Essays: On the Psychology of Destructiveness

    Authors: Pentti Ikonen and Eero Rechardt

    £18.89 – £27.99

    This book, a classic in Finnish psychoanalytic thinking, presents central features of the work of leading psychoanalysts Pentti Ikonen and Eero Rechardt for an English-speaking audience, focussing on the integration of Freud’s final drive theory with object relations theory.

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    Pentti Ikonen and Eero Rechardt

    ISBN

    9781855756489

    Format

    Paperback, e-Book, Print & e-Book

    Page Extent

    240

    Publication Date

    June 2010

    Subject Areas

    Psychoanalysis

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    This book, a classic in Finnish psychoanalytic thinking, presents central features of the work of leading psychoanalysts Pentti Ikonen and Eero Rechardt for an English-speaking audience, focussing on the integration of Freud’s final drive theory with object relations theory. Their most thought-provoking contribution is a new interpretation of Thanatos (the death drive), which forms the core of this book. It opens up a totally new perspective not only on aggressiveness, but also on phenomena like narcissism and shame.

    Contents

    Contents

    Preface

    PART I: IS PSYCHOANALYSIS A SCIENCE?

    Chapter One
    Psychoanalytical knowledge

    PART II: THE VICISSITUDES OF THANATOS

    Chapter Two
    On the psychology of destructiveness

    Chapter Three
    Thanatos, destructiveness, and binding

    Chapter Four
    On psychic binding

    Chapter Five
    Binding, narcissistic pathology, and the psychoanalytic process

    Chapter Six
    How to interpret the death drive

    Chapter Seven
    The origin of shame and its vicissitudes

    PART III: ON THE SCENE OF THE PSYCHE

    Chapter Eight
    On the universal nature of primal scene fantasies

    Chapter Nine
    Reflections on the meaning of constructions

    PART IV: THE SYMBOLIC PROCESS 

    Chapter Ten
    A short introduction to the symbolic process

    Chapter Eleven
    Approaches to the symbolic process
    Pentti Ikonen

    Chapter Twelve
    The symbolic process and the self
    Eero Rechardt

    References
    Index

    About the Authors

    About the Authors

    Pentti Ikonen, MA, is a training psychoanalyst who has worked in private practice in Helsinki. He has held several positions of trust in the Finnish Psychoanalytical Society, of which he is an Honorary Member. He has published extensively on the theory and practice of psychoanalysis.

    Eero Rechardt is a docent of psychiatry at the University of Helsinki. He is a training psychoanalyst who has worked in private practice in Helsinki. He has held several positions of trust in the Finnish Psychoanalytical Society, of which he is an Honorary Member. He was Vice President of the International Psychoanalytical Association 1981–1983. He has published widely in the field of psychoanalysis.

    3 reviews for Thanatos, Shame, and Other Essays: On the Psychology of Destructiveness

    1. Olavi Hamalainen, President, Finnish Psychoanalytical Institute – 30/03/2020

      ‘This important work has become a classic in Finnish psychoanalytic thinking. It is one of the cornerstones in the training of psychoanalytic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis in our country. The authors’ deep understanding has clarified Freud’s final drive-instinct theory together with important additions that are a great help in integrating it with object relations theory.’

    2. Henrik Enckell, Chair, Consortium of Academic Psychoanalytic Research, Finland – 30/03/2020

      ‘Pentti Ikonen and Eero Rechardt are well known in Scandinavian psychoanalysis: they have been welcome discussants of others´ work, but above all they have come up with their own original ideas. Their most thought-provoking contribution is a new interpretation of Thanatos (the death drive), which forms the core of this book. In Scandinavia, Ikonen´s and Rechardt´s thinking has opened up a totally new perspective not only on aggressiveness, but also on phenomena like narcissism and shame. Their contribution has cleared up theoretical problems and has proven clinically very helpful. Written in a lucid language, these texts will speak to readers from a variety of professional backgrounds.’

    3. Anneli Hautala, board member, Foundation for Adolescent Psychotherapy, Finland – 30/03/2020

      ‘In their review of Freud’s dualistic drives Eros and Thanatos, the authors describe how the act of “binding” strives to remove the mentally disturbing or the “unbound”. Destructiveness is seen not as a drive in itself but as a branch of the Thanatos tree, one of the ways of binding to gain peace and relief. The authors also have an original approach to the concept of libido, often so difficult to understand, which they define as a need for mutuality. This relates to the significance of shame and its various manifestations, and how it differs from guilt. While guilt is linked with our intentions or deeds, shame applies to the whole self, which is felt to be worthless and unavailable for mutuality. The authors vividly describe the implications of this for the intolerance of intimacy in the psychoanalytic relationship. The special skill of the authors lies in teaching theoretically difficult issues in a clinical context. The essays convey their humble and respectful attitude to the uniqueness of a human being, and enable readers to experience the living mutuality of studying as well as that of working with patients.’

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