Psychoanalysis and the Sour Apple

Thought-Transference in Historical and Contemporary Psychoanalysis

Bibliographic Data

ID21308355
AuthorsThomas Rabeyron (0000-0003-4117-4683, Université de Lorraine, corresponding author), Renaud Evrard (0000-0003-3717-666X), Claudie Massicotte
Year2020
Volume56
Issue4
Pages612-652
Publication date2020-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueContemporary Psychoanalysis (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0010-7530 • E-ISSN: 2330-9091
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00107530.2020.1858038
OpenAlexW3120510191
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited69

The concept of “thought-transference” holds a special position within the psychoanalytic field. It first emerged in the margins of the discipline as an object of the psychical sciences. It was then extracted by psychoanalysis from the darkness of occultism, Freud considered thought-transference as the kernel of truth in occult beliefs. In this article, we propose to review the role of thought-transference from Freud to the present. This article is divided into two sections, the first of which illustrates how the concept was interpreted by Freud, then taken over by successive generations of analysts. The second section turns to contemporary works that have addressed the topic through three lines of inquiry: its ontological possibility, its conditions of emergence, and its clinical implications. Our aim is thus to shed light on the heuristic role of thought-transference and how it has been the locus of innovative psychoanalytic discoveries

Epistemology · Field (mathematics) · Linguistics · Object (grammar) · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Philosophy · Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications