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In Truth Matters: Theory and Practice in Psychoanalysis, Shlomit Yadlin-Gadot offers an original construal of subjectivity as evolving from dynamic tensions between conflicting truths that inhabit and structure the psyche. The clinical endeavour is articulated in terms of unveiling these truths and allowing the multi-faceted nature of human experience to emerge. Yadlin-Gadot's notion of truth axes combines philosophical investigation with an in-depth inquiry of psychoanalytic theory as it relates these truths to basic human needs and developmental challenges, alternating self-states and unconscious processes. Detailed clinical vignettes illustrate these insights and enrich psychoanalytic practice with innovative technique. “This is a brilliant and original work that addresses a much-neglected issue in psychoanalytic thinking, the fundamental role of truth in psychoanalytic theory and practice. The author accomplishes this goal with panache and originality, in a style of exposition that is both accessible and illuminating. This book represents a major achievement in the annals of psychoanalytic scholarship.” Michael Guy Thompson, Author of The Death of Desire (Routledge) and The Truth about Freud’s Technique (New York University Press).

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Author:   Shlomit Yadlin-Gadot
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   22
Weight:   0.631kg
ISBN:  

9789004301061

ISBN 10:   9004301062
Pages:   314
Publication Date:   24 March 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Introduction Chapter 1 The Desire for Truth, Its Crisis and Mental Life The Discussion of Truth: Concepts and Context Nietzsche, Perspectivism and the 'Desire for Truth' Analysis of the Absolute in American Pragmatic Philosophy The Continental Analysis of Truth An Interim Summary From Divine to Scientific Truth and Beyond: Freud as Case in study Chapter 2 Notions of Truth in Philosophy Six notions of truth Combined models and influences Truth and Reality in Epistemological Framework From Truth Notions to Truth Axes Truth Axes and Psychological Needs Truth Axes and Realities Chapter3 Truth, Meaning and the Psychoanalytic Encounter Truth and Psychoanalysis Truth and Semiotics Clinical Implications of Epistemic Choice Epistemic Choice vs. Epistemic Multiplicity From Epistemic Resolution to Epistemic Multiplicity Truths and Reality in Clinical Discourse Chapter 4 The Philosophic-Psychoanalytic Interface- Truth Axes and Psychic Development The Constitution of Truth Axes in the Psyche Interim Summary Experiencing Truth Axes Truth Axes, Grammar and its Autonomy Chapter 5 Theoretical and Practical Implications Expressions of Axial Self-States: Firstness, Secondness, Thirdness Topography in Terms of Truth Axes The Concept of Self in Psychoanalytic Thinking The Construal of Self in terms of Truth Axes The Therapeutic Process and the Axes of Truth Chapter 6 Clinical Illustrations Case 1: An Ideal Execution of Love Case 2: The Gap between Sense and Sensibility in the Text of Clinical Events Case 3: Paradox Case 4: Endowing Empathy with Fresh Air Case 5: Metaphor as a Coercive Agent of Coherence Case 6: The Fall of Time and Sense in Love Case 7: Sadomasochistic Defenses against Agency and Choice Case 8: A Chain Worn Differently across Different Axes Chapter 7 Translation, Dialectics, Dialogue Translation Dialectics Dialogue The Self Revisited Conclusion Bibliography

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This is a brilliant and original work that addresses a much-neglected issue in psychoanalytic thinking, the fundamental role of truth in psychoanalytic theory and practice. The author accomplishes this goal with panache and originality, in a style of exposition that is both accessible and illuminating. This book represents a major achievement in the annals of psychoanalytic scholarship. Michael Guy Thompson, Author of The Death of Desire (Routledge) and The Truth about Freud's Technique (New York University Press).

This is a brilliant and original work that addresses a much-neglected issue in psychoanalytic thinking, the fundamental role of truth in psychoanalytic theory and practice. The author accomplishes this goal with panache and originality, in a style of exposition that is both accessible and illuminating. This book represents a major achievement in the annals of psychoanalytic scholarship. Michael Guy Thompson, Author of The Death of Desire (Routledge) and The Truth about Freud's Technique (New York University Press).

Author Information

Shlomit Yadlin-Gadot, PhD (2014), is a Lecturer at Bar-Ilan University and a Postdoctoral Fellow in Tel Aviv University, doing research on truth and psychoanalytic ethics. She is a member of The Tel-Aviv Institue for Contemporary Psychoanalysis.

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