Longing for nothingness : resistance, denial, and the place of death in the nursing home / Andrew Stein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stein, Andrew, 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Death--Psychological aspects.

Death.

Nursing home residents--Psychology.

Nursing home residents.

Nursing homes--Psychological aspects.

Nursing homes.

Chronic diseases--Psychological aspects.

Chronic diseases.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Jason Aronson, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Longing for Nothingness demonstrates how conflict between a life and death drive structures desire and the formation of the symptom and how this conceptual framework can be used to treat men and women in the nursing home. In the process, Andrew Stein presents a surprising and novel reading of such important psychoanalytic thinkers as Sigmund Freud, Jacques Lacan, and Melanie Klein.

Contents:

Part I Death and the Chain of Life; 1. The Destructive Side of Our Erotic Life; 2. What Is a Death Wish in Early Freud?; 3. Freud's Later Views Concerning Death as a Drive; 4. Death and the Other; 5. Death and the Chain of Life; Part II The Longing for "Nothingness" in the Nursing Home; 6. Introduction to Death in the Nursing Home; 7. Life for the Resident in the Nursing Home; 8. Residents' Narcissistic Frames of Mind; 9. The Negation of Death in the Nursing Home; 10. Coda and Exit; Bibliography; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-82-16-34992-1

0-7657-0578-8

1-282-92218-1

9786612922183

0-7657-0725-X

OCLC:

694793000