The Creativity of Destructive Fantasies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14775486 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Werner Knauss (Institute of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Heidelberg, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 397-411 |
| Publication date | 1999-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Group Analysis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0533-3164 • E-ISSN: 1461-717X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/05333169922076914 |
| OpenAlex | W2057386823 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 8 |
Destructive fantasies are made unconscious in our culture compared to the lively symbolic exchange of such fantasies in Papua New Guinea. In groups unconscious destruction works as a dangerous force and can destroy the cohesion of the group, therefore they are kept anxiously unconscious. When they can be verbalized they become creative for the process of individuation of each group member. This paradox is described and theoretically discussed for the process of individuation within a cohesive group-analytic situation. Links to the concept of the anti-group and to a group-analytic theory of psychological development are made in the context of group-analytic research in a foreign culture
Analytical psychology · Cohesion (chemistry · Collective unconscious · Context (archaeology · Creativity · Epistemology · Group (periodic table · Group cohesiveness · Individuation · Psychoanalysis · Unconscious mind · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · History · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology · Social Representations and Identity
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2023 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |