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Time, Space and Phantasy
by Rosine Jozef Perelberg PhD

 

Time Space and Phantasy examines the connections between time, space, phantasy and sexuality in clinical practice. It explores the subtleties of the encounter between patient and analyst, addressing how aspects of the patient’s unconscious past are actualised in the present, producing new meanings that can be re translated to the past. Perelberg’s analysis of Freud’s Multi-dimensional model of temporality suggests that he always viewed the constitution of the individual as non-linear. In Freud’s formulations, the individual is decentred and ruled by different temporalities, most of which escape their consciousness. Perelberg identifies the similarities between this and Einstein’s theory of relativity which states that rather than being absolute, time depends on the relative position and speed of the observing individual suggesting that rather than being a reality, time is an abstraction, connecting objects and events.

Time, Space and Phantasy is a tour de force of psychoanalytic and anthropological scholarship and clinical acumen. I highly recommend it to all those who want to deepen their understanding of the theory and practice of psychoanalysis. –
Donald Campbell, Past President of the British Psycho-analytical Society

This is a deeply intelligent and original book yet written in a clear and simple style which avoids jargon. … This exceptional book has many remarkable clinical illustrations and closes with a beautiful chapter, written with Bella Jozef… followed by thoughts on creativity in psychoanalytical research.
Marilia Aisenstein, Past President of the Société Psychanalytique de Paris,
 

The breadth of Rosine Perelberg’s anthropological and cultural background makes her one of the most interesting voices in analytic writing today.
Michael Parsons, Training Analyst, Fellow of the British Institute of Psycho-Analysis

Rosine Jozef Perelberg, PhD is a Training Analyst and Fellow of the British Institute of Psycho-Analysis. She is Visiting Professor in the Psychoanalysis Unit, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences at University College London. Previously she completed a PhD in Social Anthropology at the London School of Economics, University of London. Her publications include Psychoanalytic Understanding of Violence and Suicide, Dreaming and Thinking, Freud: A Modern Reader, and Time and Memory.