Karim G Dajani
Biographic Data
| ID | 4682363 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karim G Dajani |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karim G |
| FAMILY NAME | Dajani |
| SIGNATURE | DAJANI K G |
| AFFILIATIONS | San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Group Methods for Attacking Thoughts and Mangling Perception
Cultural determinants in infants and infantile determinants in cultural practices
This article is adapted from a panel presentation given at the International Psychoanalytical Association Congress in the summer of 2020. It argues for the centrality of cultural determinants in infant development and the centrality of infantile modes of consciousness in our cultural practices. It suggests that the inculcation of shared systems of meaning‐making, referring to cultures or ideologies, are antecedent to any sort of meaningful infant…
The social unconscious
This is a brief introductory paper about the history and centrality of the social unconscious in psychoanalytic theory and practice. The term―Social Unconscious―was introduced into our literature more than 100 years ago by the first formally trained American psychoanalyst―Trigant Burrow. It opens new pathways for understanding the social and collective dimensions of the unconscious, allowing us to extend our reach with our patients and our releva…
Cultural determinants in Winnicott's developmental theories
This article applies a cultural or collective perspective to Winnicott's developmental theories. Expanding on existing psychoanalytic literature and drawing from neighboring fields, specifically the work of the French sociologist and anthropologist Pierre Bourdieu, the notion of habitus is utilized to account for the constitutive impact of culture or a collective on individual development. Cultural systems play a fundamental role in the structuri…
The Cultural Underpinnings of Subjectivity and Inter-Subjectivity
In “Trump Cards and Klein Bottles: On the Collective of the Individual,” Dr. González (this issue) argues for the centrality of dynamic and shifting group identifications in shaping our subjectivity and our inter-subjective linking from moment to moment. My commentary about this paper is organized around the themes of cultural dislocation and cultural displacement, experiences related to large-group identifications and identity. These constructs,…
The Arabic Freud
Reviewed by: The Arabic Freud: Psychoanalysis and Islam in Modern Egypt by Omnia El Shakry Dr. Karim Dajani The Arabic Freud: Psychoanalysis and Islam in Modern Egypt by Omnia El Shakry. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2017, 225 pages. Omnia El Shakry’s The Arabic Freud is a scholarly book about deep and surprising epistemological resonances between Freudian theory and classical Islamic texts on the self and the soul. The author…
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The Arabic Freud
Reviewed by: The Arabic Freud: Psychoanalysis and Islam in Modern Egypt by Omnia El Shakry Dr. Karim Dajani The Arabic Freud: Psychoanalysis and Islam in Modern Egypt by Omnia El Shakry. Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2017, 225 pages. Omnia El Shakry’s The Arabic Freud is a scholarly book about deep and surprising epistemological resonances between Freudian theory and classical Islamic texts on the self and the soul. The author…
Cultural determinants in Winnicott's developmental theories
This article applies a cultural or collective perspective to Winnicott's developmental theories. Expanding on existing psychoanalytic literature and drawing from neighboring fields, specifically the work of the French sociologist and anthropologist Pierre Bourdieu, the notion of habitus is utilized to account for the constitutive impact of culture or a collective on individual development. Cultural systems play a fundamental role in the structuri…
The Cultural Underpinnings of Subjectivity and Inter-Subjectivity
In “Trump Cards and Klein Bottles: On the Collective of the Individual,” Dr. González (this issue) argues for the centrality of dynamic and shifting group identifications in shaping our subjectivity and our inter-subjective linking from moment to moment. My commentary about this paper is organized around the themes of cultural dislocation and cultural displacement, experiences related to large-group identifications and identity. These constructs,…
Cultural determinants in infants and infantile determinants in cultural practices
This article is adapted from a panel presentation given at the International Psychoanalytical Association Congress in the summer of 2020. It argues for the centrality of cultural determinants in infant development and the centrality of infantile modes of consciousness in our cultural practices. It suggests that the inculcation of shared systems of meaning‐making, referring to cultures or ideologies, are antecedent to any sort of meaningful infant…
The social unconscious
This is a brief introductory paper about the history and centrality of the social unconscious in psychoanalytic theory and practice. The term―Social Unconscious―was introduced into our literature more than 100 years ago by the first formally trained American psychoanalyst―Trigant Burrow. It opens new pathways for understanding the social and collective dimensions of the unconscious, allowing us to extend our reach with our patients and our releva…
Group Methods for Attacking Thoughts and Mangling Perception
Psychology (6 works) · Psychoanalysis (5 works) · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Psychoanalytic theory (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Social Representations and Identity (3 works)