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Abstract
The unanticipated appearance during psychoanalytic supervision, conducted in the Hebrew language, of the uncommon expression "gathering the transference" spoken in Hebrew-le'e'sof et ha-transference-sparked my own desire to explore the history of the concept and its value, via the etymology of the English verbs "gather" and "harvest," and of the Hebrew verb le's'sof (to gather). Antithetical meanings of the Hebrew root a'saf, and some particulars of the biblical laws pertaining to gathering and harvesting fields, such as the "forgotten sheaf," expose new dimensions of "gathering the transference" that are not explicit from the English term and its roots. Comparison is made to Heidegger's concept of listening as "gathering."
在以希伯来语进行的精神分析监督中,意想不到地出现了希伯来语中不常见的表达“收集移情”——le's of et ha-移情——激发了我自己探索这个概念的历史及其价值的愿望,通过英语动词“收集”和“收获”的词源,以及希伯来语动词le's'sof(收集)。希伯来语词根a'saf的对立含义,以及圣经中有关采集和收割田地的一些细节,如“被遗忘的谷束”,揭示了“采集转移”的新维度,这从英语术语及其词根来看是不明确的。与海德格尔的“聆听”概念作比较。
期刊介绍:
The American Journal of Psychoanalysis is an international psychoanalytic quarterly founded in 1941 by Karen Horney. The journal''s purpose is to be an international forum for communicating a broad range of contemporary theoretical, clinical, professional and cultural concepts of psychoanalysis and for presenting related investigations in allied fields. It is a fully peer-reviewed journal, which welcomes psychoanalytic papers from all schools of thought that address the interests and concerns of scholars and practitioners of psychoanalysis and contribute meaningfully to the understanding of human experience. The journal publishes original papers, special issues devoted to a single topic, book reviews, film reviews, reports on the activities of the Karen Horney Psychoanalytic Center, and comments.