The analyst's desire in the era of intersubjectivity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6130049 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Maria Fitger (a Fersens väg 16, 211 42 , Malmö , Sweden E-mail, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 134-140 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Scandinavian Psychoanalytic Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0106-2301 • E-ISSN: 1600-0803 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01062301.2009.10592656 |
| OpenAlex | W2076853299 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
The increasing discourse of the concept of intersubjectivity in modern psychoanalysis has pushed the interest in the intrapsychic and its emphasis on drive and object into the background. Authors who wish to avoid a one-sided focus on intersubjectivity usually subscribe to a dual dimensional approach, taking both perspectives into account. In this article, the analytic situation is described not in two, but in three dimensions, the analytic function constituting a third dimension necessary for the interplay between the other two dimensions. Focusing on the analyst's position, the author presents a model that consists of (1) the-analyst-as-subject, (2) the-analyst-as-function, and (3) the-analyst-as-object. The analytic function is understood to be invested with a particular form of desire and it is argued that the asymmetry between this desire of the analyst and the desire of the analysand is a central characteristic of the analytic situation
Dimension (graph theory) · Epistemology · Focus (optics) · Function (biology) · Intersubjectivity · Linguistics · Object (grammar) · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Subject (documents) · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Computer Science · Philosophy · Psychoanalysis and Social Critique · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |