Sexual metaphor and the language of unconscious phantasy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8984293 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Warren Colman (Transnational Press London, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 641-660 |
| Publication date | 2005-10-25 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Analytical Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8774 • E-ISSN: 1465-5922 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.0021-8774.2005.00562.x |
| PMID | 16255729 |
| OpenAlex | W1793189764 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 10 |
This paper investigates the attempt to find a 'bedrock' for psychic life in the idea of unconscious phantasy. Through a detailed examination of the development of the concept of unconscious phantasy, especially in Kleinian discourse, it is argued that unconscious phantasies are inherently metaphorical and have no 'concrete' existence in the unconscious. The use of unconscious phantasy as metaphor enables a 'two-way' form of interpretation that describes sexual behaviour and fantasy in terms of object relations (interpreting 'away from sex', while simultaneously describing object relations in terms of the sexual body (interpreting 'towards sex')
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| Unique citing works | 14 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,74 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2022 (16) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |