Incentives for a Reconsideration of the Debate on Metapsychology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8972798 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Siegfried Zepf (Homburg/SAAR, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 82 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 463-483 |
| Publication date | 2001-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The International Journal of Psychoanalysis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7578 • E-ISSN: 1745-8315 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1516/qkmh-r3rd-pqdx-1ujy |
| PMID | 11436247 |
| OpenAlex | W2036047957 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 25 |
With a view to establishing an area of metapsychological common ground, the author examines the attempts made by G. S. Klein, Gill and Brenner to interpret Freud's conception of metapsychology. Quoting liberally from the correspondence with Fliess and from works composed at all stages of Freud's career, the author shows that the versions put forward by Klein and Gill do not stand up to scrutiny; the economic aspect on which Freud himself insisted and which Brenner upholds is also found wanting. It is argued that, if the Freudian ‘co‐ordinates’ of metapsychology are to have an epistemological function, they must have a solid foundation in the representational world to which the psychoanalytic process affords access. Whereas this is the case with the topographical, dynamic and structural viewpoints, it is not true of the economic aspect. Energies are stated to exist in the representational world only in the form of affects, so that the economic aspect should, in the author's opinion, be abandoned in favour of an affective one. In the context of the endeavour to obtain pleasure and avoid unpleasure adduced by Freud, this viewpoint would concentrate on the relations between affects and the other key elements of the representational world to which the other metapsychological parameters relate
Art · Context (archaeology · Epistemology · Freudian slip · Metapsychology · Pleasure · Pleasure principle · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Scrutiny · Sociology · Viewpoints · History · Philosophy · Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research · Psychoanalysis and Social Critique · Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, and Politics · Psychology · Psychology and Mental Health · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
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Psychoanalytic Practice
Psychic Energy Reconsidered
The Concept of Identification in the Work of Freud Ferenczi, and Abraham
The Fallacious Use of Quantitative Concepts in Dynamic Psychology
Some Recent Trends in Psychoanalytic Theory
The Structural Hypothesis- Theoretical Considerations
On the Psychoanalytic Theory of Instinctual Drives
Metapsychology and Psychoanalytic Theory
A Defense of the Use of Metaphor in Analytic Theory Formation
The Psychoanalytic Process
On the Psychoanalytic Theory of Instinctual Drives III
A Critique of Psychic Energy as an Explanatory Concept
Psychoanalysis and Contemporary Science
The Quantitative Line of Approach in Psychoanalysis
Psychic Energy Reconsidered
Metapsychology
The Problem Of Confirmation In Clinical Psychoanalysis
Metapsychology—Who Needs it
On Skill and Sublimation
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2015 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |