Trauma, subjectivity and subjectality
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Trauma, Subjectivity, Subjectality, Analytic method, Ferenczi, LaplancheAbstract
Taking a critical stand on contemporary trends in psychoanalysis regarding trauma, the author addresses the problem of psychic trauma mainly in terms of how it affects the patient’s status as a subject. After reexamining the notions of subject and subjectivity, the author illustrates the usefulness of the notion of subjectality, defined as a critical moment of subjectivity, necessary for processing the consequences of trauma. A clinical illustration is provided.
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