This book presents an examination and exploration of the concept of omnipotence, its qualities and expression as a psychic state, its origins in the psyche and its appearance in the psychoanalytic process and in society.
This book presents an examination and exploration of the concept of omnipotence, its qualities and expression as a psychic state, its origins in the psyche and its appearance in the psychoanalytic process and in society.
Jean Arundale, PhD, is a training and supervising analyst of the British Psychoanalytic Association and author of the book Identity, Narcissism, and the Other (Routledge). She is also co-editor of Transference and Countertransference and Interpretive Voices (both Routledge).
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction In the beginning . . . 1. The survival function of primitive omnipotence 2. The thumb-in-the-mouth phantasy and the capacity to love 3. Peter Pan, the omnipotent child In the adolescent . . . 4. Omnipotence in adolescence 5. Customising the body: From omnipotence to autonomy In the adult . . . 6. On three forms of thinking: Magical thinking, dream thinking, and transformative thinking 7. The appeal of omnipotence 8. A neuropsychoanalytic note on omnipotence 9. The relinquishment of omnipotence in a severely traumatised patient 10. Possessed by a cruel God: The damaging effect of an omnipotent internal object 11. From patients to presidents: The Grand Illusion Why is omnipotence so difficult to give up? 12. Overcoming obstacles in analysis: Is it possible to relinquish omnipotence and accept receptive femininity? 13. Omnipotence and the difficulty in relinquishing it The desire for power in culture and society . . . 14. Omnipotence and the paradoxes of insight: A Darwinian look 15. Lear, Kane and the workings of omnipotence 16. Applying my theory of psychosis to the Nazi phenomenon 17. The destructiveness of omnipotence and 'perverted containing': Psychoanalytic reflections on the dynamic between Donald Trump and his supporters 18. Notes toward a model for omnipotence
Introduction In the beginning . . . 1. The survival function of primitive omnipotence 2. The thumb-in-the-mouth phantasy and the capacity to love 3. Peter Pan, the omnipotent child In the adolescent . . . 4. Omnipotence in adolescence 5. Customising the body: From omnipotence to autonomy In the adult . . . 6. On three forms of thinking: Magical thinking, dream thinking, and transformative thinking 7. The appeal of omnipotence 8. A neuropsychoanalytic note on omnipotence 9. The relinquishment of omnipotence in a severely traumatised patient 10. Possessed by a cruel God: The damaging effect of an omnipotent internal object 11. From patients to presidents: The Grand Illusion Why is omnipotence so difficult to give up? 12. Overcoming obstacles in analysis: Is it possible to relinquish omnipotence and accept receptive femininity? 13. Omnipotence and the difficulty in relinquishing it The desire for power in culture and society . . . 14. Omnipotence and the paradoxes of insight: A Darwinian look 15. Lear, Kane and the workings of omnipotence 16. Applying my theory of psychosis to the Nazi phenomenon 17. The destructiveness of omnipotence and 'perverted containing': Psychoanalytic reflections on the dynamic between Donald Trump and his supporters 18. Notes toward a model for omnipotence
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