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Freud and the scene of trauma

By Freud , Sigmund , Sigmund; Fletcher , John; Freud

Book information

Publisher
Fordham University Press
Year
2013
ISBN
9780823254590, 0823254593, 9780823254606, 0823254607, 9780823254620, 0823254623, 9780823254637, 0823254631
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
78 MB (82312142 bytes)
Edition
1st ed
Pages
365\383
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
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This is a study of the central role of trauma in Freud's thought and practice. It argues that it is Freud's mapping of trauma as a scene, the elaboration of a scenography of trauma, that is central to both his clinical interpretation of his patients' symptoms and his construction of successive theoretical models and concepts to explain the power of such scenes in his patients' lives. Abstract: This book describes the centrality of trauma to Freud's thought, the moments of its apparent abandonment and later recurrences, from the seduction theory to the Death Drive. At these turning points Freud engages with the works of Sophocles, Shakespeare, Hoffmann and da Vinci as thought experiments in the imaginary space of literature and painting. Read more...

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