Ilany Kogan
Biographic Data
| ID | 3846649 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ilany Kogan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ilany |
| FAMILY NAME | Kogan |
| SIGNATURE | KOGAN I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Yahoo (United Kingdom) |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
“Playing With Reality” in a Nazi Concentration Camp
The impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on the analyses of Holocaust survivors' offspring
This essay tackles the following issues: (a) The encounter of Holocaust survivor offspring whose damaged parents suffered from unresolved grief with a life‐threatening pandemic; (b) Changes of technique that may be needed during this period; and (c) The impact of countertransference of the analyst in the analytic cure in a shared life‐threatening situation. This theme will be examined by means of a case study, in which the life‐threatening situat…
Statement of Removal
Through a detailed clinical vignette, this essay explores the impact of a life-threatening pandemic on a Holocaust survivor's daughter whose father was a victim of life-threatening events. The following issues are discussed: intermingling of the patient's perception of the pandemic with her mental representation of the Holocaust, changes in analytic technique necessary during the period of lockdown, and the disentanglement of the patient's percep…
Narcissistic Fantasies in Film and Fiction
This book has grown from a belief that the psychoanalytic exploration of literature and performances leads to a richer and fuller understanding of each individual’s internal reality. It includes an exploration of narcissistic fantasies from various protagonists of film and novels and focuses on the fantasy of the omnipotence of the self, which is a predominantly narcissistic desire to be a "Master of the Universe", a deity, an omnipotent, immorta…
Some psychoanalytic reflections
Violent Behavior During Psychiatric Inpatient Treatment in a German Prison Hospital
Violent behavior in correctional facilities is common and differs substantially in type, target, implication, and trigger. Research on frequency and characteristics of violent behavior in correctional facilities and psychiatric hospitals is limited. Results from recent research suggest that comorbidity of severe mental disorder, personality disorder, and diagnosis of substance abuse is related to a higher risk of violent behavior. In the Berlin p…
Holocaust Studies and the Nature of Evidence
This commentary addresses several problematic aspects of Gomolin’s paper, which includes a critique of the theory of transgenerational transmission of Holocaust trauma. These aspects are the following: a) the author’s evaluation of psychoanalysis and her validation of analytic theory; b) the author’s criticism of common psychoanalytic concepts relating to trauma; c) the approach to the universal theory of transgenerational transmission of trauma;…
Master of the Universe
Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Virtual Intimacy and Communication in Film
Anti-semitism and Xenophobia
My Father, Myself
This essay presents material from the second analysis of an offspring of two Holocaust survivors, each of whom lost a child during the war. The first analysis (Kogan ) focused primarily on the patient's relationship with her mother. This second analysis revolves around the elaboration of the complex and painful father-daughter relationship, centering on the events surrounding the death of the patient's father. The discussion includes an explorati…
The Struggle for Supremacy in Wagner’s Der Ring Des Nibelungen
From psychic holes to psychic representations
In this essay, I will explore the term “psychic hole,” and compare it to similar terms from the world of astrophysics and terms used in the psychoanalytic literature. I will then present my own conception of the “psychic hole” in cases of Holocaust survivors' offspring. I will explain how this “hole” is created, and describe a particular aspect of the “psychic hole” that is unique to Holocaust survivors' offspring, namely the enactments (termed “…
Book Essay on A Fatal Attraction to Death
Enfants de survivants dans l'ombre de la terreur
Cet article soulève la question de ce qui arrive lorsque des enfants, dont les parents ont subi des persécutions, de réelles violences et des humiliations, ont à faire face à une réalité traumatique du présent. Quel est l'impact de cette réalité externe sur leur vie intérieure, leur perception de la réalité ? Quelles sont leurs défenses ? À l'aide de vignettes cliniques empruntées à deux cas, l'auteur tente de montrer qu'une réalité présentant un…
Some Reflections on Ian Mcewan’s Atonement
Recognizing that enactments have been discussed in psychoanalysis primarily as occurrences in the treatment setting, the author proposes a new application of the term enactments: that it may pertain to the actions of some individuals in their efforts to cope with bad things that they have done to others. That is, enactment can be a substitute-for-atonement mechanism. The author illustrates this view of enactment through a discussion of Ian McEwan…
Transformation of Personality
Ian McEwan’s Solar Through A Psychoanalytic Lens
A commentary on Mayer Subrin’s paper ‘Stumbling towards termination’
Migration and identity
1. Panel held at the 46th Congress of the International Psychoanalytical Association, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 30 July 2009. Panellists: Hediaty Utari Witt (Germany), Marco Conci (Germany), Aisha Abbasi (USA).Notes1. Panel held at the 46th Congress of the International Psychoanalytical Association, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 30 July 2009. Panellists: Hediaty Utari Witt (Germany), Marco Conci (Germany), Aisha Abbasi (USA)
Working with psychotic and non-psychotic patients in situations of terror and military dictatorships
Working with psychotic and non‐psychotic patients in situations of terror and military dictatorships
1. Panel held at the 43rd Congress of the International Psychoanalytical Association, New Orleans, USA, 13 March 2004. Panellists: David Rosenfeld (Buenos Aires), Ira Brenner (Bala Cynwyd), Ilany Kogan (Rehovot);Discussant: Moises Lemlij (Lima).Notes1. Panel held at the 43rd Congress of the International Psychoanalytical Association, New Orleans, USA, 13 March 2004. Panellists: David Rosenfeld (Buenos Aires), Ira Brenner (Bala Cynwyd), Ilany Koga…
The Role of the Analyst in the Analytic Cure During Times of Chronic Crises
The role of the analyst in psychoanalytic treatment during periods of chronic crises is illustrated with material from two case studies. The first clinical vignette shows an analyst able to stay with fears evoked in the patient by the traumatic external reality, even as the analyst tried to explore with the patient an inner universe that handled this reality in unique ways. The second case study focuses on how the analyst's countertransference du…
When words are used to touch
Response to Commentaries
Enactment” in the Lives and Treatment of Holocaust Survivors’ Offspring
This paper explores an aspect of "enactment" often seen in Holocaust survivors' offspring: the compulsion to re-create their parents' experiences in their own lives through concrete acts. At the core of this compulsion is a psychic hole, a gap in the child's emotional understanding, stemming from identification with the parents on one hand, and the parents' denial or repression of the trauma on the other. The compulsion to enact can be transforme…
On Being a Dead, Beloved Child
(2003). On Being a Dead, Beloved Child. The Psychoanalytic Quarterly: Vol. 72, No. 3, pp. 727-766
The Role of the Analyst in the Analytic Cure During Times of Chronic Crises
The role of the analyst in psychoanalytic treatment during periods of chronic crises is illustrated with material from two case studies. The first clinical vignette shows an analyst able to stay with fears evoked in the patient by the traumatic external reality, even as the analyst tried to explore with the patient an inner universe that handled this reality in unique ways. The second case study focuses on how the analyst's countertransference du…
Transformation of Personality
My Father, Myself
This essay presents material from the second analysis of an offspring of two Holocaust survivors, each of whom lost a child during the war. The first analysis (Kogan ) focused primarily on the patient's relationship with her mother. This second analysis revolves around the elaboration of the complex and painful father-daughter relationship, centering on the events surrounding the death of the patient's father. The discussion includes an explorati…
Migration and identity
1. Panel held at the 46th Congress of the International Psychoanalytical Association, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 30 July 2009. Panellists: Hediaty Utari Witt (Germany), Marco Conci (Germany), Aisha Abbasi (USA).Notes1. Panel held at the 46th Congress of the International Psychoanalytical Association, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 30 July 2009. Panellists: Hediaty Utari Witt (Germany), Marco Conci (Germany), Aisha Abbasi (USA)
Enactment” in the Lives and Treatment of Holocaust Survivors’ Offspring
This paper explores an aspect of "enactment" often seen in Holocaust survivors' offspring: the compulsion to re-create their parents' experiences in their own lives through concrete acts. At the core of this compulsion is a psychic hole, a gap in the child's emotional understanding, stemming from identification with the parents on one hand, and the parents' denial or repression of the trauma on the other. The compulsion to enact can be transforme…
When words are used to touch
Response to Commentaries
On Being a Dead, Beloved Child
(2003). On Being a Dead, Beloved Child. The Psychoanalytic Quarterly: Vol. 72, No. 3, pp. 727-766
Working with psychotic and non-psychotic patients in situations of terror and military dictatorships
Working with psychotic and non‐psychotic patients in situations of terror and military dictatorships
1. Panel held at the 43rd Congress of the International Psychoanalytical Association, New Orleans, USA, 13 March 2004. Panellists: David Rosenfeld (Buenos Aires), Ira Brenner (Bala Cynwyd), Ilany Kogan (Rehovot);Discussant: Moises Lemlij (Lima).Notes1. Panel held at the 43rd Congress of the International Psychoanalytical Association, New Orleans, USA, 13 March 2004. Panellists: David Rosenfeld (Buenos Aires), Ira Brenner (Bala Cynwyd), Ilany Koga…
The Role of the Analyst in the Analytic Cure During Times of Chronic Crises
The role of the analyst in psychoanalytic treatment during periods of chronic crises is illustrated with material from two case studies. The first clinical vignette shows an analyst able to stay with fears evoked in the patient by the traumatic external reality, even as the analyst tried to explore with the patient an inner universe that handled this reality in unique ways. The second case study focuses on how the analyst's countertransference du…
A commentary on Mayer Subrin’s paper ‘Stumbling towards termination’
Migration and identity
1. Panel held at the 46th Congress of the International Psychoanalytical Association, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 30 July 2009. Panellists: Hediaty Utari Witt (Germany), Marco Conci (Germany), Aisha Abbasi (USA).Notes1. Panel held at the 46th Congress of the International Psychoanalytical Association, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 30 July 2009. Panellists: Hediaty Utari Witt (Germany), Marco Conci (Germany), Aisha Abbasi (USA)
Ian McEwan’s Solar Through A Psychoanalytic Lens
Some Reflections on Ian Mcewan’s Atonement
Recognizing that enactments have been discussed in psychoanalysis primarily as occurrences in the treatment setting, the author proposes a new application of the term enactments: that it may pertain to the actions of some individuals in their efforts to cope with bad things that they have done to others. That is, enactment can be a substitute-for-atonement mechanism. The author illustrates this view of enactment through a discussion of Ian McEwan…
Transformation of Personality
From psychic holes to psychic representations
In this essay, I will explore the term “psychic hole,” and compare it to similar terms from the world of astrophysics and terms used in the psychoanalytic literature. I will then present my own conception of the “psychic hole” in cases of Holocaust survivors' offspring. I will explain how this “hole” is created, and describe a particular aspect of the “psychic hole” that is unique to Holocaust survivors' offspring, namely the enactments (termed “…
Book Essay on A Fatal Attraction to Death
Enfants de survivants dans l'ombre de la terreur
Cet article soulève la question de ce qui arrive lorsque des enfants, dont les parents ont subi des persécutions, de réelles violences et des humiliations, ont à faire face à une réalité traumatique du présent. Quel est l'impact de cette réalité externe sur leur vie intérieure, leur perception de la réalité ? Quelles sont leurs défenses ? À l'aide de vignettes cliniques empruntées à deux cas, l'auteur tente de montrer qu'une réalité présentant un…
My Father, Myself
This essay presents material from the second analysis of an offspring of two Holocaust survivors, each of whom lost a child during the war. The first analysis (Kogan ) focused primarily on the patient's relationship with her mother. This second analysis revolves around the elaboration of the complex and painful father-daughter relationship, centering on the events surrounding the death of the patient's father. The discussion includes an explorati…
The Struggle for Supremacy in Wagner’s Der Ring Des Nibelungen
Anti-semitism and Xenophobia
Master of the Universe
Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Virtual Intimacy and Communication in Film
Violent Behavior During Psychiatric Inpatient Treatment in a German Prison Hospital
Violent behavior in correctional facilities is common and differs substantially in type, target, implication, and trigger. Research on frequency and characteristics of violent behavior in correctional facilities and psychiatric hospitals is limited. Results from recent research suggest that comorbidity of severe mental disorder, personality disorder, and diagnosis of substance abuse is related to a higher risk of violent behavior. In the Berlin p…
Holocaust Studies and the Nature of Evidence
This commentary addresses several problematic aspects of Gomolin’s paper, which includes a critique of the theory of transgenerational transmission of Holocaust trauma. These aspects are the following: a) the author’s evaluation of psychoanalysis and her validation of analytic theory; b) the author’s criticism of common psychoanalytic concepts relating to trauma; c) the approach to the universal theory of transgenerational transmission of trauma;…
Narcissistic Fantasies in Film and Fiction
This book has grown from a belief that the psychoanalytic exploration of literature and performances leads to a richer and fuller understanding of each individual’s internal reality. It includes an exploration of narcissistic fantasies from various protagonists of film and novels and focuses on the fantasy of the omnipotence of the self, which is a predominantly narcissistic desire to be a "Master of the Universe", a deity, an omnipotent, immorta…
Some psychoanalytic reflections
The impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on the analyses of Holocaust survivors' offspring
This essay tackles the following issues: (a) The encounter of Holocaust survivor offspring whose damaged parents suffered from unresolved grief with a life‐threatening pandemic; (b) Changes of technique that may be needed during this period; and (c) The impact of countertransference of the analyst in the analytic cure in a shared life‐threatening situation. This theme will be examined by means of a case study, in which the life‐threatening situat…
Psychology (26 works) · Psychoanalysis (22 works) · Philosophy (10 works) · Psychoanalytic theory (9 works) · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (9 works) · Psychotherapist (7 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research (6 works) · The Holocaust (6 works)