Projective identification and the third subjugator
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Projective identification, third subjugator, schizophrenia, Interpretation, Psychoanalytic techniqueAbstract
In this work, the nature of the interaction of subjectivity and intersubjectivity, specific to projective identification, is discussed. In projective identification there is a partial collapse of the dialectical movement of individual subjectivity and intersubjectivity, and the result is the creation of a subjugating analytical third (within which the individual subjectivities of the participants are largely subsumed). A successful analytical process involves the overcoming of the third, and the reappropriation of (transformed) subjectivities by the participants as separate (and yet interdependent) individuals. This is achieved through an act of mutual recognition that is often mediated by the analyst's interpretation of transference and countertransference, and the analysand's use of the analyst's interpretation.
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