Esther Rapoport
Biographic Data
| ID | 3941014 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Esther Rapoport |
| GIVEN NAMES | Esther |
| FAMILY NAME | Rapoport |
| SIGNATURE | RAPOPORT E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lincoln University - California |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Breakdown That Already Happened
For Winnicott, the fear of breakdown can be traced to the breakdown that already took place in infancy, when no mental capacities were present to experience it consciously. The past breakdown, Winn
Becoming a Spielreinian
This article examines how Sabina Spielrein’s psychoanalytic theories could be incorporated into contemporary clinical practice, proposing the possibility of a “Spielreinian” therapeutic approach by identifying key elements of Spielrein’s work, including her preference for non-binary thinking, emphasis on clinical data over theory, centering of female experience, and holistic view of mind-body connection. While acknowledging the limitations of Spi…
Sabina Spielrein’s Death Drive, Queer Experience, and Psychoanalytic Twogetherness
In “Destruction as the Cause of Coming into Being” (1912), Sabina Spielrein theorized the death drive as the relational drive toward the death of the I, with the possibility of a future rebirth as part of a We. Spielrein’s conceptualizations, when reinterpreted through the lens of contemporary social theory, can provide a theoretical framework for understanding the possibilities of psychic and social transformation available to marginalized subje…
Bisexuality
Bisexuality in Psychoanalytic Theory
This article discusses the evolution (or lack thereof) of the Freudian concept of bisexuality in psychoanalytic theory. The author addresses issues such as the sustained legacy, in psychoanalytic thought, of conflating biological sex, sexual orientation and gender identity (particularly with respect to bisexuality), portrayals of bisexual desire as fantastic/impossible and the linking of bisexuality with hysteria. Conceptualizations of bisexualit…
Bisexuality in Psychoanalytic Theory
This article discusses the evolution (or lack thereof) of the Freudian concept of bisexuality in psychoanalytic theory. The author addresses issues such as the sustained legacy, in psychoanalytic thought, of conflating biological sex, sexual orientation and gender identity (particularly with respect to bisexuality), portrayals of bisexual desire as fantastic/impossible and the linking of bisexuality with hysteria. Conceptualizations of bisexualit…
Bisexuality in Psychoanalytic Theory
This article discusses the evolution (or lack thereof) of the Freudian concept of bisexuality in psychoanalytic theory. The author addresses issues such as the sustained legacy, in psychoanalytic thought, of conflating biological sex, sexual orientation and gender identity (particularly with respect to bisexuality), portrayals of bisexual desire as fantastic/impossible and the linking of bisexuality with hysteria. Conceptualizations of bisexualit…
Bisexuality
Sabina Spielrein’s Death Drive, Queer Experience, and Psychoanalytic Twogetherness
In “Destruction as the Cause of Coming into Being” (1912), Sabina Spielrein theorized the death drive as the relational drive toward the death of the I, with the possibility of a future rebirth as part of a We. Spielrein’s conceptualizations, when reinterpreted through the lens of contemporary social theory, can provide a theoretical framework for understanding the possibilities of psychic and social transformation available to marginalized subje…
The Breakdown That Already Happened
For Winnicott, the fear of breakdown can be traced to the breakdown that already took place in infancy, when no mental capacities were present to experience it consciously. The past breakdown, Winn
Becoming a Spielreinian
This article examines how Sabina Spielrein’s psychoanalytic theories could be incorporated into contemporary clinical practice, proposing the possibility of a “Spielreinian” therapeutic approach by identifying key elements of Spielrein’s work, including her preference for non-binary thinking, emphasis on clinical data over theory, centering of female experience, and holistic view of mind-body connection. While acknowledging the limitations of Spi…
Psychoanalysis (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Psychoanalysis and Social Critique (3 works) · Psychoanalytic theory (3 works) · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Freudian slip (2 works)