Ferenczi’s “Wise Baby”
Enigma’s Promise and the Hope for Translation in the Face of Intromission
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21630643 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Romy Reading (New York University, corresponding author), Romy A Reading (New York University Postdoctoral Program, New York, New York, USA) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 16-26 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Psychoanalytic Dialogues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1048-1885 • E-ISSN: 1940-9222 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10481885.2023.2160167 |
| OpenAlex | W4321607028 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 7 |
In response to Gila Ashtor’s “The “Wise Baby” and the “Original Hermeneut,” I address both her formulation of the “wise baby” as a “microcosm” of the fantasy-material divide and her reconfiguration of the “wise baby” as “original hermeneut.” I put two Laplanchean constructs to work, specifically intromission and psychical reality, in order to articulate an important distinction between Ferenczi’s “wise baby” and Laplanche’s “original hermeneut.” A clinical vignette is offered in order to illustrate the distinct effects of intromission and how we might overcome its potentially devastating impact
Art · Epistemology · Explication · Fantasy · Freudian slip · Linguistics · Literature · Mirroring · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Unconscious mind · Vignette · Law · Narrative Theory and Analysis · Philosophy · Psychoanalysis and Social Critique · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |