{"title":"What's in a word? A brief reflection on why the understanding of Freud is not changed by replacing the word \"instinct\" with \"drive\" and the importance of reading in context.","authors":"Rachel B Blass","doi":"10.1080/00207578.2024.2396202","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00207578.2024.2396202","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this brief paper I argue that to understand Freud is to understand the meanings of his ideas. The choice of words to describe these ideas is usually relatively insignificant and does not in itself determine understanding. Thus, the translation of Trieb as \"drive\" rather than \"instinct\" does not change the phenomena that Freud addresses through the term Trieb, nor does it open us to the understanding of Freud's profound, complex and evolving ideas regarding these phenomena. To think that it can, in fact, limits understanding. This runs counter to a popular view that Strachey's translation of Trieb as \"instinct\" led the Anglo-American analytic community to see Freud as more biological and mechanistic than he actually was. Accepting the popular view would make the change of the term, which does occur in the <i>Revised Standard Edition</i>, seem especially significant. Evidence against this popular view may be seen in the fact that Klein and her followers, like Strachey himself, commonly use the term \"instinct\" and yet their understanding, which emerges from a close study of Freud in context and the phenomena to which he refers, maintains and develops the richness of Freud's thinking and does not at all offer a biological or mechanistic perspective. Important to the understanding of Freud in context are his early letters to Fliess, and thus it is very unfortunate that the unabridged version of these letters which became available in 1985 were not included in the RSE.</p>","PeriodicalId":48022,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Psychoanalysis","volume":"105 5","pages":"757-765"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142689353","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"\"<i>Wo Es war, soll Ich werden</i>\" A Faustian <i>cogito</i>?","authors":"Marie Lenormand","doi":"10.1080/00207578.2024.2403870","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00207578.2024.2403870","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Much has been written until this day about the sentence Wo Es war, soll Ich werden, which concludes the XXXIst lecture of the \"New introductory lectures on sychoanalysis\" devoted to the \"Dissection of the psychical personality\". For almost a hundred years, layer upon layer of translation and interpretation have accumulated to obscure the meaning of this suggestive aphorism. My aim here will be to go back to the Freudian original - a move that although inspired by Jacques Lacan's approach in the 1950s does not take up his interpretative line. Rather, acting in the manner of a restorer carefully cleaning a painting so as to bring out the original colors and background, I will endeavor to remove one by one the accumulated layers of interpretation that have come to obscure the meaning of the Freudian formula. By shedding light on the formula's ambiguities as well as its intertextual echoes (Goethe, Romain Rolland and Ferenczi), I intend to breathe new life into it and demonstrate the depth of meaning attached to it, thus reviving its significance and resonance. Indeed, insofar as the very meaning of psychoanalysis is at stake, these interpretive debates are of concern not only to the Freudian exegete, but to all analysts in their relationship to psychoanalysis and to interpretation and theory. I will argue that the equivocation of Freud-Mephistopheles's formula, which I will refer to as a \"Faustian Cogito\" or \"Faustian Witz\", is an invitation to devote ourselves to the never-ending task of reinventing psychoanalysis.</p>","PeriodicalId":48022,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Psychoanalysis","volume":"105 5","pages":"875-897"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142689263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editorial: IJP Special Issue on Freud's Revised Standard Edition.","authors":"Francis Grier","doi":"10.1080/00207578.2024.2395743","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00207578.2024.2395743","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48022,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Psychoanalysis","volume":"105 5","pages":"635-636"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142689269","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Some remarks on Freud as \"translator\" and translating Freud.","authors":"Heinz Weiss","doi":"10.1080/00207578.2024.2395739","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00207578.2024.2395739","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The paper comments on Mark Solms' <i>Revised Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud</i> and the challenges to grasp the subtleties and ambiguity of Freud's language. It argues that \"translation\" is not something that just \"occurs\"' to a text which is already completed, but an ongoing process that carries forward and explores different layers of meaning. The author tries to show that Freud saw himself as a \"translator\" and that \"translation\" reaches at the very core of the psychoanalytical endeavour. The multiple meanings of \"transference\", and the translation of terms like \"<i>Nachträglichkeit</i>\" and \"<i>Zweizeitigkeit</i>\" (bi-temporality), are presented as examples of this. To conclude, Freud's dwelling in two different epistemological models, the language of neurophysiology and the language of meaning, as well as the limits of translation are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":48022,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Psychoanalysis","volume":"105 5","pages":"746-756"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142689278","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fragment of an analysis of a case of hysteria - Dora's case and Freud's story.","authors":"Iftah Biran","doi":"10.1080/00207578.2024.2404360","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00207578.2024.2404360","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Freud's \"Fragment of an Analysis of a Case of Hysteria\" stands as one of his most extensive case studies, weaving together his explorations of the Oedipus complex, dream analysis, and hysteria. In this study, I propose an alternative lens through which to interpret the case: as a <i>Bildungsroman</i>. While ostensibly focused on Dora, the analysand, and her journey to maturity, the narrative occasionally appears to be overshadowed by Freud's own experiences and story. I contend that this overtaking of Dora's narrative is facilitated by both thematic and linguistic factors. Additionally, I examine the theme of the Oedipal complex, which intersects with a concurrent power struggle, linking it to the affective PLAY system. This system plays a role in shaping social hierarchies, internalizing group norms, delineating interpersonal boundaries, and guiding group interactions - elements intrinsically connected to the Oedipus complex. I argue that in many instances this system is used abusively \"against\" Dora.<sup>1</sup>1 Earlier versions of this paper were presented in a clinical writing workshop held by the Journal \"Neuropsychoanalysis\" in February 2022 and at the 22nd annual congress of the International Neuropsychoanalysis Society held in Tel Aviv, Israel, in July 2023 (Biran 2024). A much shorter version was published as society proceedings in Neuropsychoanalysis (Flores Mosri et al. 2022).</p>","PeriodicalId":48022,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Psychoanalysis","volume":"105 5","pages":"845-863"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142689272","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Guest Editor's Introduction to the IJP Special Issue on Freud's Revised Standard Edition.","authors":"Mark Solms","doi":"10.1080/00207578.2024.2395744","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00207578.2024.2395744","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48022,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Psychoanalysis","volume":"105 5","pages":"637-640"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142689274","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"<i>Unterschied</i>, underlined.","authors":"Alan Bass","doi":"10.1080/00207578.2024.2395747","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00207578.2024.2395747","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This essay takes its point of departure from Mark Solms' contention that Freud's neurological thinking informs his work throughout, and that the RSE renders this more thoroughly than the SE. Starting from this contention I examine and compare the RSE and the SE on the question Freud's theorization of difference from his neurological writings onward. I pay special attention to the subtle distinction in the original German of Freud's uses of <i>Unterschied</i> (difference between) and Differenz (difference).</p>","PeriodicalId":48022,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Psychoanalysis","volume":"105 5","pages":"832-844"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142689267","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Controversies in the English publication of Freud's <i>The Interpretation of Dreams</i>, 1913-1933.","authors":"Roger Willoughby","doi":"10.1080/00207578.2024.2395738","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00207578.2024.2395738","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The transition of Freud's <i>Die Traumdeutung</i> into its first English language incarnation as <i>The Interpretation of Dreams</i>, translated by A.A. Brill, took several years to effect, the process being beset with conceptual, practical, legal, and political obstacles. Anxieties over possible obscenity charges in Britain led to novel forms of censorship being applied to the first edition by its London publisher in 1913, while issues relating to the politics of translation and local British efforts to standardise psychoanalytic nomenclature would bedevil the text over its first two decades. In the context of the launch of the <i>Revised Standard Edition</i> (<i>RSE</i>), the present paper reveals these earlier issues for the first time. Having then considered the book's reception in both Britain and the United States, its sales and varying editions, the paper concludes with a discussion of the covert and contentious reediting of the work's third English edition, published in 1933. The shadow of this history inevitably falls on the <i>RSE</i>.</p>","PeriodicalId":48022,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Psychoanalysis","volume":"105 5","pages":"687-704"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142689268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"\"Some Remarks on the Unconscious\" Freud's lost 1922 lecture as a messenger of far-reaching changes.","authors":"Patrizia Giampieri-Deutsch","doi":"10.1080/00207578.2024.2408907","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00207578.2024.2408907","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48022,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Psychoanalysis","volume":"105 5","pages":"705-724"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142689264","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The time of <i>Nachträglichkeit</i> and the afterlife of apartheid trauma.","authors":"Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela","doi":"10.1080/00207578.2024.2403235","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00207578.2024.2403235","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article explores the concept of transgenerational trauma. I draw from two distinct archives to approach the \"transgenerational\" in a more nuanced manner - one that moves beyond a linear past-to-present trajectory. The first of these is the Freudian archive, where I revisit the concept of <i>Nachträglichkeit</i> to shed light on the temporal dynamics between past and present, particularly in the affective responses of young black students during interactions with their white peers. By expanding <i>Nachträglichkeit</i> beyond its traditional application to early childhood experiences, I argue that this concept is equally relevant in a broader array of relational contexts. The second archive I draw from is the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of South Africa. Reflecting on the TRC's public testimony process as a representation of \"breaking with the past\" to imagine a new future provides valuable insights into the transgenerational dynamics shaping contemporary South African society. I return to the TRC archive to focus on a pivotal moment during the opening of the TRC public hearings - a traumatic, iconic scream - to explore how this event's temporal horizons, bridging past and future, can help us comprehend a present in which the past seemingly replays itself.</p>","PeriodicalId":48022,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Psychoanalysis","volume":"105 5","pages":"766-777"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142689280","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}