Psychoanalytic perspectives on the shadow of the parent : mythology, history, politics, and art / edited by Jonathan Burke.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Burke, Jonathan (Psychotherapist), editor.

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Parent and child.

Children of celebrities--Psychology.

Children of celebrities.

Families--Psychological aspects.

Families.

Psychoanalysis.

Psychology.

Physical Description:

xx, 247 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

Summary:

"Psychoanalytic Perspectives on the Shadow of the Parent explores the psychological challenges faced by the offspring of either famous or notorious parents. Beginning with parental legacies found in mythology and the Bible, the book presents a series of case studies drawn from a range of narrative contexts, selecting personalities drawn from history, politics, psychoanalysis, and literature, all viewed from an analytic perspective. The concluding section focuses on the manifestation of this parental shadow within the field of fine art, as written by artists themselves. This is a lively and varied collection from a fascinating range of contributors. It provides readers with a new understanding of family history, trauma, and reckoning screened through a psychoanalytic perspective, and will appeal to psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, counsellors and anyone interested in the dynamics of the family."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Foreword / Margot Waddell

Preface: A Hard Act to Follow / Jonathan Burke

Introduction / Jonathan Burke

Perspectives. In the Bible.

In the Shadow of Violence: Isaac and Abraham / Stephen Frosh

In Greek Mythology & Opera. Hard Acts Hard to Follow: Sophocles, Hofmannsthal, Strauss and Elektra / Christopher Wintle

In Shakespeare. Under the Shadow of Silence: On Speechless Love in King Lear / Steven Groarke

"Madness, Yet There's Method in It": The Shadow of the Doctor in Hamlet's Mirror / Paul Heritage

"I"- Witness Accounts. In Psychoanalysis.

"Derealization": In the Shadow of the Son / Faye Carey

Her Mother's Footsteps / Marion Bower

A Tragic Inheritance: The Irresolvable Conflict for Children of Perpetrators / Coline Covington

Making My Way Out of the Shadow Into the Sun: A Painful Confrontation with My Past / Martin Miller

In Socio-Political Life. Closed Doors / Sylvia Paskin with coda by Sara Collins

Kafka: "Parental Superiority" As the Act That Feels Hard to Follow / Steven Mendoza

In Philosophy. Attachment and Doubt in the Work of Stanley Cavell / Robbie Duschinsky and Serena Messina

In Religion & Family Life. The Eye Begins To See: Personal Reflections on a Fragmented Father-Son Relationship, and Other Related Matters / Howard Cooper

Reflections in Fine Art. Shadow, Colour, Glass: The Family I Knew and The Family I Never Knew / Ardyn Halter

Paddle Your Own Canoe: Negotiating the Shadows / Jane McAdam Freud

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Psychoanalytic perspectives on the shadow of the parent

ISBN:

9781138322950

1138322954

9781782205470

1782205470

OCLC:

1061866526