Passions in Girls and Women

Toward a Bridge Between Critical Relational Theory of Gender and Modern Conflict Theory

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8335408
AutoresLeon Hoffman (0000-0001-7466-5513, 167 East 67th Street, New York, NY 10021, Fax 212--327--0640, autor de correspondencia)
Año1999
Volumen47
Número4
Páginas1145-1168
Fecha de publicación1999-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of the American Psychoanalytic Association (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0003-0651 • E-ISSN: 1941-2460
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/000306519904700407
PMID10650554
OpenAlexW2116336685
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas16
Referencias citadas45

This paper considers (1) some aspects of the lack of dialogue among psychoanalytic schools; (2) Brenner's (1982) conception of drives and drive derivatives as inextricably linked to relationships, and some of its less-appreciated implications; (3) the debate over the importance of childhood sexuality in mental life; (4) the attempts by relational theorists to address and reintegrate the role of sexuality and gender, particularly in the study of feminine psychology; (5) the problematic role of aggression in psychoanalytic theories of women; (6) the avoidance by both men and women of women's passions and their anatomical loci, especially the clitoris, whose only function is the provision of pleasure; and (7) the suggestion that an integrated theory, including an understanding of the role of the body as well as of the passions and the defenses against them, results in the most effective clinical psychoanalytic approach. It then suggests that a bridge could be built between a relational point of view that takes into consideration the role of bodily experiences, and a classical point of view in which drive is seen as inextricably linked to relationships from birth on

Developmental psychology · Epistemology · Human sexuality · Passions · Pleasure · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Psychotherapist · Sexualization · Sociology · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · Gender Studies · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology · Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy