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“Democracy,” USA

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International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies Pub Date : 2025-07-22 DOI: 10.1002/aps.70007

Marc Edelman

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The Unconscious of Photography 摄影的无意识

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International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies Pub Date : 2025-07-12 DOI: 10.1002/aps.70006

Kinga Prochownik

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Mimetic Desire and Fantasies of Deliverance: Crucifying Girard's Claims About Religious Violence and Revelation 模仿欲望与解脱幻想：吉拉德关于宗教暴力与启示的主张

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International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies Pub Date : 2025-07-10 DOI: 10.1002/aps.70001

Jerry S. Piven

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Envy and Culture: Unusual Suspects in Corrupt Workplace Behaviors 嫉妒与文化：职场腐败行为的不寻常之处

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International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies Pub Date : 2025-07-04 DOI: 10.1002/aps.70005

J. Joana Kyei, Enyonam C. Kudonoo, Henry Telli

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Performances of Eating Disorders on TikTok—A Case of Hysterical Modes of Externalization 饮食失调在tiktok上的表现——一个歇斯底里的外化模式的案例

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International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies Pub Date : 2025-06-14 DOI: 10.1002/aps.70004

Jacob Johanssen, Susanne Benzel

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Psychoanalytic Field Work for Refugees Exposed to Human Rights Violations 面对人权侵犯的难民的精神分析实地工作

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International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies Pub Date : 2025-05-21 DOI: 10.1002/aps.70003

Sverre Varvin, Vladimir Jović, Bojana Trivunčić, Jelena Lončarević

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René Girard's Revision and Misapprehension of Psychoanalysis 雷诺·吉拉德对精神分析的修正与误解

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International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies Pub Date : 2025-04-25 DOI: 10.1002/aps.70000

Jerry S. Piven

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Living Nondirected Kidney Donation: A Psychoanalytic Case-Based Investigation of Altruism and Its Implications for Psychosocial Evaluation Guidelines 活体非定向肾捐赠：一项基于利他主义的精神分析案例调查及其对社会心理评估指南的影响

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International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies Pub Date : 2025-04-08 DOI: 10.1002/aps.70002

Robert M. Guerin, Lutz Götzmann

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“Waking Up Someone Who Is Sleepwalking” Daniel Ellsberg, Denial, Anti-Thought and the Nuclear Threat 《唤醒梦游者》丹尼尔·艾尔斯伯格，《否认、反思想与核威胁》

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International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies Pub Date : 2025-02-03 DOI: 10.1002/aps.1900

Peter Gabriel, Howard Levine

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Association Between Dimensions of Pathological Object Relations and Right-Wing Conservatism 病态客体关系维度与右翼保守主义的关系

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International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies Pub Date : 2024-12-07 DOI: 10.1002/aps.1899

Matthew M. Yalch

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