Robert S White
Biographic Data
| ID | 121617 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert S White |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert S |
| FAMILY NAME | White |
| SIGNATURE | WHITE R S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Cornell University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1069-0685 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 33 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Vetala Panchavimshati: Reflections on the Death Instinct
The Vetala Panchavimshati , an ancient collection of tales from India, can be read as a trauma narrative, with hatred, murder, and death transmitted through multiple generations. Death permeates the tales that take place in a charnel ground and feature a man's consciousness sealed up in a corpse. The original meaning of the tales can be read as a profound philosophical meditation on impermanence, or as a Hindu householder's life. In this essay, I…
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Regional Anesthesia: A Brief Review
Portrait of a Pacifist as a Young Man
Antisemitism: A psychoanalytic theory
Antisemitism has been a persistent and growing prejudice for millenniums against the Jewish people. This paper offers a general theory of group hatred appliable to antisemitism and other religious or racial prejudices. Theories of prejudice tend either to postulate an internal psychic template of hatred that is projected or postulate a social origin of hatred that is internalized. Rather there is a dialectic where there is a reciprocal movement b…
Interpellation and group polarization: Aspects of group hatred
Group hate, a phenomenon increasingly prevalent in recent world history, manifests in ethnic hatred, mass killings, terrorism, and war. In this context, psychoanalysis offers a unique perspective, modestly contributing to the understanding of group hate through the analysis of human aggression and defenses against such aggression. Human beings, while requiring a group life to maintain basic security, often fear being immersed and judged by other …
Patient- and Hospital- Level Disparities in Severe Maternal Morbidity: A Retrospective Multistate Analysis, 2015-2020
An antisemitic transference and countertransference
The author presents a clinical psychoanalysis in which his Jewish patient fears that her non‐Jewish analyst hates her for being Jewish. Antisemitic expressions of hate toward the analyst have been well‐documented, but a fear of the analyst's hateful transference to the patient has not been previously examined in a published report. This transference led to an impasse in the treatment and prompted exploration of countertransference on the analyst'…
Bion and primitive mental states: Trauma and the symbolic link, 1st Edition
Transformation and Interpretation: The Case of Adam, A Clinical Narrative and Discussion
permits a lively discussion among analysts on change and absence of change in the patient. The authors debate the nature and degree of the difficulties and explore conceptual questions and theoretical ideas to shed further light on change and mechanisms of change in the case of Adam
Peter Pan, Wendy, and the Lost Boys: A Dead Mother Complex
Melanie Klein and André Green offer competing descriptions of primitive mental development. The former emphasizes the need to control internal objects through splitting and projective identification, while the latter emphasizes a narcissistic retreat from objects through progressive deadening of the self. To bridge these theoretical differences a spectrum of fantasies is proposed ranging from reanimation (bringing deadness back to life) to repara…
Cambridge radio sonobuoys and the seismic structure of oceanic crust
The Cambridge University Department of Geodesy and Geophysics pioneered the development of radio sonobuoys which could be used from a single ship to study the structure of the submarine crust. By contrast, contemporaneous marine seismic research, mainly in the USA, used more expensive techniques requiring the use of two ships. For nearly three decades from the early 1950s several generations of Cambridge sonobuoys were used as the primary tool to…
Socioeconomic, Racial, and Ethnic Disparities in Postpartum Readmissions in Patients with Preeclampsia: A Multi-state Analysis, 2007-2014
Readmission Rates and Diagnoses Following Total Hip Replacement in Relation to Insurance Payer Status, Race and Ethnicity, and Income Status
Religious struggles after Typhoon Haiyan: A case study from Bantayan Island
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine religious struggles and loss of faith in Christian survivors of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines and explore whether any demographic characteristics or experiences during the disaster may have contributed to these responses. Design/methodology/approach A quantitative survey was used to assess a variety of concepts related to religious responses after disaster. Data were collected using a mix of non…
Fire in the Dragon and Other Psychoanalytic Essays on Folklore, An Introduction to the Psychology of Fairy Tales and The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales
Emotions and beliefs after a disaster: A comparative analysis of Haiti and Indonesia
A number of studies have examined emotional and belief responses following a disaster, yet there has been limited comparative analysis of responses to disasters in different places. This paper reviews the results of 366 questionnaires that evaluated key emotional and belief concepts in Haiti after the earthquake on 12 January 2010 (n=212) and in Indonesia after the earthquake in Yogyakarta on 27 May 2006 (n=154). The results indicate significant …
Exploring the Impact of Religious Beliefs, Leadership, and Networks on Response and Recovery of Disaster-affected Populations: A Case Study from Indonesia
Although religion often comprises a central component of the social and cultural make-up of communities in developing countries affected by disasters, there is often limited understanding of how religious faith, religious leaders, and religious institutions contribute to vulnerability and resilience in the post-disaster period. Using a case study related to the earthquake in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, in 2006, our research examined the role of faith …
Hansel and Gretel: A Tale of Terror
In the analysis of a woman with multiple childhood traumas, the fairy tale "Hansel and Gretel" figured prominently. The author discusses the use of the fairy tale in this case at various levels. He suggests an interplay between a national myth, the fairy tale, and a personal myth-the patient's psychodynamics. The fairy tale can be used to illuminate personal meanings derived from it. In the experience of childhood trauma, the repeated reading of …
Bion and Mysticism: The Western Tradition
Bion is widely acknowledged to be an innovator in the Kleinian tradition responsible for drawing attention to the communicative aspects of projective identification, introducing the container/contained distinction, and postulating the existence of an undifferentiated unconscious. His late writings concerning O, F, and K, however, are generally dismissed or ignored by contemporary Kleinians. The author argues that these writings are coherent if we…
The Interpersonal and Freudian Traditions: Convergences and Divergences
The traditional Freudian and interpersonal schools of psychoanalysis diverged during the psychoanalytic wars in New York in the 1940s. Each has developed from a different set of assumptions concerning the mind, especially the role of structure and the role of interaction. Recent developments in both schools in the last twenty years suggest a convergence and overlap in theory and technique. The relevant history of the divergence is examined and th…
Psychoanalytic Process and Interactive Phenomena
Psychoanalytic process is defined as the interaction between the psychoanalyst and the patient, primarily through the interplay of transference and resistance. Transference and resistance are understood as a unitary phenomenon that can be expressed either as an intrapsychic potential or as an interpersonal relationship. One of the aims of psychoanalytic technique is to encourage, through interpretation, the expression of transference and resistan…
Exploring the Impact of Religious Beliefs, Leadership, and Networks on Response and Recovery of Disaster-affected Populations: A Case Study from Indonesia
Although religion often comprises a central component of the social and cultural make-up of communities in developing countries affected by disasters, there is often limited understanding of how religious faith, religious leaders, and religious institutions contribute to vulnerability and resilience in the post-disaster period. Using a case study related to the earthquake in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, in 2006, our research examined the role of faith …
Psychoanalytic Process and Interactive Phenomena
Psychoanalytic process is defined as the interaction between the psychoanalyst and the patient, primarily through the interplay of transference and resistance. Transference and resistance are understood as a unitary phenomenon that can be expressed either as an intrapsychic potential or as an interpersonal relationship. One of the aims of psychoanalytic technique is to encourage, through interpretation, the expression of transference and resistan…
Emotions and beliefs after a disaster: A comparative analysis of Haiti and Indonesia
A number of studies have examined emotional and belief responses following a disaster, yet there has been limited comparative analysis of responses to disasters in different places. This paper reviews the results of 366 questionnaires that evaluated key emotional and belief concepts in Haiti after the earthquake on 12 January 2010 (n=212) and in Indonesia after the earthquake in Yogyakarta on 27 May 2006 (n=154). The results indicate significant …
The Interpersonal and Freudian Traditions: Convergences and Divergences
The traditional Freudian and interpersonal schools of psychoanalysis diverged during the psychoanalytic wars in New York in the 1940s. Each has developed from a different set of assumptions concerning the mind, especially the role of structure and the role of interaction. Recent developments in both schools in the last twenty years suggest a convergence and overlap in theory and technique. The relevant history of the divergence is examined and th…
Readmission Rates and Diagnoses Following Total Hip Replacement in Relation to Insurance Payer Status, Race and Ethnicity, and Income Status
Hansel and Gretel: A Tale of Terror
In the analysis of a woman with multiple childhood traumas, the fairy tale "Hansel and Gretel" figured prominently. The author discusses the use of the fairy tale in this case at various levels. He suggests an interplay between a national myth, the fairy tale, and a personal myth-the patient's psychodynamics. The fairy tale can be used to illuminate personal meanings derived from it. In the experience of childhood trauma, the repeated reading of …
Transformation and Interpretation: The Case of Adam, A Clinical Narrative and Discussion
permits a lively discussion among analysts on change and absence of change in the patient. The authors debate the nature and degree of the difficulties and explore conceptual questions and theoretical ideas to shed further light on change and mechanisms of change in the case of Adam
Socioeconomic, Racial, and Ethnic Disparities in Postpartum Readmissions in Patients with Preeclampsia: A Multi-state Analysis, 2007-2014
Bion and Mysticism: The Western Tradition
Bion is widely acknowledged to be an innovator in the Kleinian tradition responsible for drawing attention to the communicative aspects of projective identification, introducing the container/contained distinction, and postulating the existence of an undifferentiated unconscious. His late writings concerning O, F, and K, however, are generally dismissed or ignored by contemporary Kleinians. The author argues that these writings are coherent if we…
Psychoanalytic Process and Interactive Phenomena
Psychoanalytic process is defined as the interaction between the psychoanalyst and the patient, primarily through the interplay of transference and resistance. Transference and resistance are understood as a unitary phenomenon that can be expressed either as an intrapsychic potential or as an interpersonal relationship. One of the aims of psychoanalytic technique is to encourage, through interpretation, the expression of transference and resistan…
The Interpersonal and Freudian Traditions: Convergences and Divergences
The traditional Freudian and interpersonal schools of psychoanalysis diverged during the psychoanalytic wars in New York in the 1940s. Each has developed from a different set of assumptions concerning the mind, especially the role of structure and the role of interaction. Recent developments in both schools in the last twenty years suggest a convergence and overlap in theory and technique. The relevant history of the divergence is examined and th…
Bion and Mysticism: The Western Tradition
Bion is widely acknowledged to be an innovator in the Kleinian tradition responsible for drawing attention to the communicative aspects of projective identification, introducing the container/contained distinction, and postulating the existence of an undifferentiated unconscious. His late writings concerning O, F, and K, however, are generally dismissed or ignored by contemporary Kleinians. The author argues that these writings are coherent if we…
Exploring the Impact of Religious Beliefs, Leadership, and Networks on Response and Recovery of Disaster-affected Populations: A Case Study from Indonesia
Although religion often comprises a central component of the social and cultural make-up of communities in developing countries affected by disasters, there is often limited understanding of how religious faith, religious leaders, and religious institutions contribute to vulnerability and resilience in the post-disaster period. Using a case study related to the earthquake in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, in 2006, our research examined the role of faith …
Hansel and Gretel: A Tale of Terror
In the analysis of a woman with multiple childhood traumas, the fairy tale "Hansel and Gretel" figured prominently. The author discusses the use of the fairy tale in this case at various levels. He suggests an interplay between a national myth, the fairy tale, and a personal myth-the patient's psychodynamics. The fairy tale can be used to illuminate personal meanings derived from it. In the experience of childhood trauma, the repeated reading of …
Religious struggles after Typhoon Haiyan: A case study from Bantayan Island
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine religious struggles and loss of faith in Christian survivors of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines and explore whether any demographic characteristics or experiences during the disaster may have contributed to these responses. Design/methodology/approach A quantitative survey was used to assess a variety of concepts related to religious responses after disaster. Data were collected using a mix of non…
Fire in the Dragon and Other Psychoanalytic Essays on Folklore, An Introduction to the Psychology of Fairy Tales and The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales
Emotions and beliefs after a disaster: A comparative analysis of Haiti and Indonesia
A number of studies have examined emotional and belief responses following a disaster, yet there has been limited comparative analysis of responses to disasters in different places. This paper reviews the results of 366 questionnaires that evaluated key emotional and belief concepts in Haiti after the earthquake on 12 January 2010 (n=212) and in Indonesia after the earthquake in Yogyakarta on 27 May 2006 (n=154). The results indicate significant …
Readmission Rates and Diagnoses Following Total Hip Replacement in Relation to Insurance Payer Status, Race and Ethnicity, and Income Status
Socioeconomic, Racial, and Ethnic Disparities in Postpartum Readmissions in Patients with Preeclampsia: A Multi-state Analysis, 2007-2014
Cambridge radio sonobuoys and the seismic structure of oceanic crust
The Cambridge University Department of Geodesy and Geophysics pioneered the development of radio sonobuoys which could be used from a single ship to study the structure of the submarine crust. By contrast, contemporaneous marine seismic research, mainly in the USA, used more expensive techniques requiring the use of two ships. For nearly three decades from the early 1950s several generations of Cambridge sonobuoys were used as the primary tool to…
Transformation and Interpretation: The Case of Adam, A Clinical Narrative and Discussion
permits a lively discussion among analysts on change and absence of change in the patient. The authors debate the nature and degree of the difficulties and explore conceptual questions and theoretical ideas to shed further light on change and mechanisms of change in the case of Adam
Peter Pan, Wendy, and the Lost Boys: A Dead Mother Complex
Melanie Klein and André Green offer competing descriptions of primitive mental development. The former emphasizes the need to control internal objects through splitting and projective identification, while the latter emphasizes a narcissistic retreat from objects through progressive deadening of the self. To bridge these theoretical differences a spectrum of fantasies is proposed ranging from reanimation (bringing deadness back to life) to repara…
Bion and primitive mental states: Trauma and the symbolic link, 1st Edition
An antisemitic transference and countertransference
The author presents a clinical psychoanalysis in which his Jewish patient fears that her non‐Jewish analyst hates her for being Jewish. Antisemitic expressions of hate toward the analyst have been well‐documented, but a fear of the analyst's hateful transference to the patient has not been previously examined in a published report. This transference led to an impasse in the treatment and prompted exploration of countertransference on the analyst'…
Antisemitism: A psychoanalytic theory
Antisemitism has been a persistent and growing prejudice for millenniums against the Jewish people. This paper offers a general theory of group hatred appliable to antisemitism and other religious or racial prejudices. Theories of prejudice tend either to postulate an internal psychic template of hatred that is projected or postulate a social origin of hatred that is internalized. Rather there is a dialectic where there is a reciprocal movement b…
Interpellation and group polarization: Aspects of group hatred
Group hate, a phenomenon increasingly prevalent in recent world history, manifests in ethnic hatred, mass killings, terrorism, and war. In this context, psychoanalysis offers a unique perspective, modestly contributing to the understanding of group hate through the analysis of human aggression and defenses against such aggression. Human beings, while requiring a group life to maintain basic security, often fear being immersed and judged by other …
Patient- and Hospital- Level Disparities in Severe Maternal Morbidity: A Retrospective Multistate Analysis, 2015-2020
The Vetala Panchavimshati: Reflections on the Death Instinct
The Vetala Panchavimshati , an ancient collection of tales from India, can be read as a trauma narrative, with hatred, murder, and death transmitted through multiple generations. Death permeates the tales that take place in a charnel ground and feature a man's consciousness sealed up in a corpse. The original meaning of the tales can be read as a profound philosophical meditation on impermanence, or as a Hindu householder's life. In this essay, I…
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Regional Anesthesia: A Brief Review
Portrait of a Pacifist as a Young Man
Psychology (13 works) · Psychoanalysis (9 works) · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (8 works) · Psychoanalytic theory (7 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Environmental health (4 works)