Book Review: Melanie Klein: Her World and Her Work.

Grosskurth, Phyllis; Ganzarain, Ramon

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“…After three years of intense debate-so heated that on one occasion, Winnicott had to remind participants that it was necessary to exit the building immediately and go to the Underground because London was at that moment being bombed-an unusual resolution, the so-called Gentlemen's Agreement, was hammered out (Grosskurth 1986). Since neither side could persuade the other, there was an agreement to disagree, and the radical outcome of the three-track training system resulted.…”

Section: Melanie Klein: Collaboratorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In this instance, while it appeared clear that Bion drew on the work of his former analytic supervisor, Heimann (with whom he continued to work until she left the Klein group in 1955), his publications in the 1950s-surprisingly-never mentioned her landmark contributions on countertransference (Aguayo 2009;Grosskurth 1986;Willoughby 2006). For that matter, Segal never mentioned Heimann's (1950) paper, and it received only citation notice from Rosenfeld (1952).…”

Section: The New Klein Cohort Of the 1950smentioning

confidence: 99%

“…She may have been unaware of the recent murder of Hug-Hellmuth by her adolescent nephew, who had been in treatment with her. This tragic event may have contributed to the reluctance among Viennese child analysts to tackle the child's aggressive phantasies directly(Grosskurth 1986).…”

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Rethinking the Role of Small-Group Collaborators and Adversaries in the London Kleinian Development (1914–1968)

Aguayo

Regeczkey

2016

The Psychoanalytic Quarterly

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The authors historically situate the London Kleinian development in terms of the small-group collaborations and adversaries that arose during the course of Melanie Klein's career. Some collaborations later became personally adversarial (e.g., those Klein had with Glover and Schmideberg); other adversarial relationships forever remained that way (with A. Freud); while still other long-term collaborations became theoretically contentious (such as with Winnicott and Heimann). After the Controversial Discussions in 1944, Klein marginalized one group of supporters (Heimann, Winnicott, and Riviere) in favor of another group (Rosenfeld, Segal, and Bion). After Klein's death in 1960, Bion maintained loyalty to Klein's ideas while quietly distancing his work from the London Klein group, immigrating to the United States in 1968.

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Rethinking the Role of Small-Group Collaborators and Adversaries in the London Kleinian Development (1914–1968)

Aguayo

Regeczkey

2016

The Psychoanalytic Quarterly

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“…Freud published no notes or case history and never referred to it in public, though the analysis is thought to have been the basis of Anna's 1922 paper 'Beating fantasies and daydreams' concerning female masochism and incestuous father-daughter phantasies, written to support her application for membership of the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society. Grosskurth (1986) writes: 'It is seldom discussed, and some people wish the information had not seen the light of day'.…”

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“…Returning to London, she gave a public lecture instead of attending her mother's funeral, wearing a pair of red boots bought especially for the occasion. One of Klein's sons, who had also been analysed by his mother in his teens, died in a climbing accident which may or may not have been suicide (Grosskurth 1986).…”

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Reparation Terminable and Interminable

Polden

2005

Br J Psychotherapy

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Reparation, in psychoanalytic and particularly Kleinian thinking, is often seen as central to the establishment of a creative capacity for love and concern. But apparent reparative urges may have obsessional and narcissistic aspects which militate against the capacity to use an object and thus against the emergence of genitality and true creativity. In particular, ‘reparative’ strivings may be a defence against feared parental envy and against the agonies and anxieties inherent in the act of asserting a separated self. The obsessional need to repair is considered in developmental and clinical terms and in relation to the practice and culture of psychoanalysis.

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Seven questions for Kleinian psychology.

Barratt¹

2017

Psychoanalytic Psychology

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The development of psychoanalysis and psychoanalytically informed theories and practices on the African and Asian continents offers a unique opportunity for respectful dialogue and robust debate around fundamental questions pertaining to understanding and healing the fractured human condition. Historically, Kleinian approaches have had a remarkable impact on psychoanalytic practices in continents both inside and outside of the North Atlantic orbit. In this article, Kleinian ideas about the infantile ego organization with its inchoate repertoire of primary objects, about the relational character of drives, and about the inherency of destructiveaggressive phantasies are discussed, respectfully but questioningly, in relation to the author's training in a different psychoanalytic lineage. Seven sets of controversial questions are elaborated, concerning: (a) the scientific perils of infant observation, (b) memory and the unreliability of retrospective inference, (c) the priority of "earlier" and the problem of origins, (d) the loss of embodiment, (e) the occlusion of the paternal function, (f) clinical method and the issues of moralizing, and (g) the politics of psychotherapy. It is concluded that Kleinianism provides a powerful framework for psychotherapy and thus may advance, individualistically, the cause of reparative love over the forces of hostility and hatred. However, it diverges significantly from the emphasis of Freud's original mandate for psychoanalysis as the method of free-association, and from the major coordinates of his discoveries.

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Book Review: Melanie Klein: Her World and Her Work.

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Rethinking the Role of Small-Group Collaborators and Adversaries in the London Kleinian Development (1914–1968)

Rethinking the Role of Small-Group Collaborators and Adversaries in the London Kleinian Development (1914–1968)

Reparation Terminable and Interminable

Seven questions for Kleinian psychology.

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