David S Werman
Biographic Data
| ID | 4486693 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David S Werman |
| GIVEN NAMES | David S |
| FAMILY NAME | Werman |
| SIGNATURE | WERMAN D S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Duke University Medical Center Box 3812, Department of Psychiatry, Durham, N.C. 27710 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1971 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Reply to Irving B. Harrison
Freud's “Narcissism of Minor Differences”
Freud coined the name and briefly described the narcissism of minor differences. Although he initially regarded it as a form of individual behavior, he later came to see its implications for groups. This paper explores the manifestations of the narcissism of minor differences in psychoanalytic organizations and treatment. In contrast to Freud's observation that the narcissism of minor differences is relatively harmless, I suggest that in the soci…
Book Rivew
On The Nature of the Oceanic Experience
It is postulated that consciousness is not simply an organ of perception, but that it possesses a structure, or organization, despite its enormous fluidity. In support of these views, the oceanic experience is explored. It demonstrates the impact, on this state of consciousness, of the subject's values and culture. Like the oceanic experience, every state of consciousness–what is in awareness at any given time–is a complex phenomenon that derives…
The practice of supportive psychotherapy
Methodological Problems in the Psychoanalytic Interpretation of Literature
Through a critical review of several studies dealing with Sophocles' drama, the Antigone, I have explored some of the prominent methodological problems encountered in the psychoanalytic interpretation of literature. Foremost among these is the inherent difficulty that the interpretation of literature is unable to benefit from the process of the analytic situation. Divorced from the realities of the therapeutic process, the drama itself is often u…
Chance, Ambiguity, and Psychological Mindedness
The inability to believe in chance occurrences and an intolerance of ambiguity in the external world are often the outward manifestations of poor psychological mindedness. Such attitudes are frequently accompanied by beliefs in the occult and the mystical. It is suggested that these factors be considered when an individual is being evaluated for analytic treatment
On the Occurrence of Incest Fantasies
Incest fantasies are often regarded as suggesting important ego or superego deficits. Actually, some nonpsychotic patients are found to experience such fantasies. In these cases the phenomenon occurs when certain psychogenetic and psychodynamic factors are present
Normal and Pathological Nostalgia
Nostalgia is distinguished from homesickness from which it was originally derived, and from fantasy to which it is related. It is described as an affective-cognitive experience, usually involving memories of places in one's past. These memories are associated with a characteristic affective coloration described as "bittersweet". It is concluded that the locales remembered are displacements from objects whose representation was repressed. Nostalgi…
The Faust Legend Seen In The Light Of An Analytic Case
Social Psychiatry
Normal and Pathological Nostalgia
Nostalgia is distinguished from homesickness from which it was originally derived, and from fantasy to which it is related. It is described as an affective-cognitive experience, usually involving memories of places in one's past. These memories are associated with a characteristic affective coloration described as "bittersweet". It is concluded that the locales remembered are displacements from objects whose representation was repressed. Nostalgi…
On The Nature of the Oceanic Experience
It is postulated that consciousness is not simply an organ of perception, but that it possesses a structure, or organization, despite its enormous fluidity. In support of these views, the oceanic experience is explored. It demonstrates the impact, on this state of consciousness, of the subject's values and culture. Like the oceanic experience, every state of consciousness–what is in awareness at any given time–is a complex phenomenon that derives…
Chance, Ambiguity, and Psychological Mindedness
The inability to believe in chance occurrences and an intolerance of ambiguity in the external world are often the outward manifestations of poor psychological mindedness. Such attitudes are frequently accompanied by beliefs in the occult and the mystical. It is suggested that these factors be considered when an individual is being evaluated for analytic treatment
Social Psychiatry
The Faust Legend Seen In The Light Of An Analytic Case
On the Occurrence of Incest Fantasies
Incest fantasies are often regarded as suggesting important ego or superego deficits. Actually, some nonpsychotic patients are found to experience such fantasies. In these cases the phenomenon occurs when certain psychogenetic and psychodynamic factors are present
Normal and Pathological Nostalgia
Nostalgia is distinguished from homesickness from which it was originally derived, and from fantasy to which it is related. It is described as an affective-cognitive experience, usually involving memories of places in one's past. These memories are associated with a characteristic affective coloration described as "bittersweet". It is concluded that the locales remembered are displacements from objects whose representation was repressed. Nostalgi…
Methodological Problems in the Psychoanalytic Interpretation of Literature
Through a critical review of several studies dealing with Sophocles' drama, the Antigone, I have explored some of the prominent methodological problems encountered in the psychoanalytic interpretation of literature. Foremost among these is the inherent difficulty that the interpretation of literature is unable to benefit from the process of the analytic situation. Divorced from the realities of the therapeutic process, the drama itself is often u…
Chance, Ambiguity, and Psychological Mindedness
The inability to believe in chance occurrences and an intolerance of ambiguity in the external world are often the outward manifestations of poor psychological mindedness. Such attitudes are frequently accompanied by beliefs in the occult and the mystical. It is suggested that these factors be considered when an individual is being evaluated for analytic treatment
The practice of supportive psychotherapy
On The Nature of the Oceanic Experience
It is postulated that consciousness is not simply an organ of perception, but that it possesses a structure, or organization, despite its enormous fluidity. In support of these views, the oceanic experience is explored. It demonstrates the impact, on this state of consciousness, of the subject's values and culture. Like the oceanic experience, every state of consciousness–what is in awareness at any given time–is a complex phenomenon that derives…
Book Rivew
Freud's “Narcissism of Minor Differences”
Freud coined the name and briefly described the narcissism of minor differences. Although he initially regarded it as a form of individual behavior, he later came to see its implications for groups. This paper explores the manifestations of the narcissism of minor differences in psychoanalytic organizations and treatment. In contrast to Freud's observation that the narcissism of minor differences is relatively harmless, I suggest that in the soci…
Reply to Irving B. Harrison
Psychoanalysis (11 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Psychoanalytic theory (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Mental Health and Psychiatry (2 works)