Transitional Subjects -

. .

Résumé :
The first book-length collection devoted to the engagement of critical theory with the work of the object-relations school of psychoanalysis. It provides a synoptic overview of current research at the intersection of these two theoretical traditions while also opening up space for further innovations.

Biographie:
Edited by Amy Allen and Brian O'Connor

Sommaire:
Introduction, by Amy Allen and Brian O?Connor
Part I: Conceptual Foundations
1. Fusion or Omnipotence? A Dialogue, by Axel Honneth and Joel Whitebook
2. Hate, Aggression, and Recognition: Winnicott, Klein, and Honneth, by C. Fred Alford
3. Narcissism and Critique: On Kohut?s Self Psychology, by Alessandro Ferrara
Part II: Historical Encounters
4. Progress and the Death Drive, by Amy Allen
5. Transitional Objects, God, and Modeling the Commodity Form, by Owen Hulatt
6. A ?True-Enough Self ?: Winnicott, Object Relations Theory, and the Bases of Identity, by James Martel
Part III: Political Implications
7. Intersubjectivity on the Couch: Recognition and Destruction in the Work of Jessica Benjamin, by Johanna Meehan
8. Politics and the Fear of Breakdown, by No?lle McAfee
9. Who Is the Perpetrator? The Missing Affect in Torture?s Violation of Human Dignity, by Sara Beardsworth
Index