Death instinct and knowledge - Massimo Fagioli

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Résumé :
The book includes five chapters: The disappearance fantasy; The disappearance fantasy and the death instinct; The disappearance fantasy and oral ambivalence; The disappearance fantasy and envy; and Projection and intuition. In this book, Fagioli formulated what has become known as Human Birth Theory, according to which, human thought arises at birth with newborns' reaction to light. This theory, which anticipates recent findings in contemporary infant research, has been confirmed by new scientific discoveries in neonatology, neurobiology and particle physics. The Italian Ministry for Education has recently approved the setting-up of The School of Dynamic Psychotherapy Bios Psych?, for graduates, based on the cultural and scientific model of Human Birth Theory. The book offers a new psychodynamic theory and an innovative and consistent therapeutic approach to all those who work in the fields of psychiatry and psychotherapy. Many readers, though not directly involved in clinical work, appreciate the book for its new theory on the human psyche. A large number of European psychiatrists and clinical psychologists have based their therapeutic practice on the theory and principles put forward in this book.