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From symbolizing to non‐symbolizing within the scope of a link

From dreams to shouts of terror caused by an absent presence

Bibliographic Data

ID8971250
AuthorsRuggero Levy (Sociedade Psicanalítica de Porto Alegre, Brazil, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume93
Issue4
Pages837-862
Publication date2012-06-21
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe International Journal of Psychoanalysis (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-7578 • E-ISSN: 1745-8315
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1745-8315.2012.00619.x
PMID22900552
OpenAlexW1862105709
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited2

This article examines pathologies in the creation of symbols and those pathologies' ensuing consequences. It relies mainly on the vertices provided by Bion and Meltzer. It studies the different forms in which these lapses occur in symbolic processes, where they may create vacuums in symbolic networks or give rise to 'lies', and even destroy or de-symbolize established symbols. Based on Bion's concept of the minus-contained (-contained), I propose that when a symbol is attacked, a particular mental structure with its own peculiar characteristics comes about. This structure not only creates a vacuum in that mental zone, it ends up damaging the entire symbolization process. This contribution aims to describe that structure from the metapsychological point of view - contained. I end by synthesizing the possible widening of what could be a Bionian negative grid

Epistemology · Linguistics · Point (geometry · Psychoanalysis · Scope (computer science · Symbol (formal · The Symbolic · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Computer Science · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Representations and Identity

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Unique citing works4
Citations per year0,36
Citation span2015 - 2019 (5)
Citation velocityhistorical
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 3

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