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Time, Space
and Phantasy
by Rosine Jozef Perelberg PhD

Published by Routledge and
the New Library of Psychoanalysis
ISBN: 978 0 415- 46322-5

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.
Copyright
British
Psychoanalytical Society
2008. All rights reserved. Reproduction in
whole or in part in any form
or medium without express written permission is prohibited.

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