{"title":"Daemonic Desire Convergences and Contradictions: Loewald and Laplanche.","authors":"Doris K Silverman","doi":"10.1057/s11231-026-09571-8","DOIUrl":"10.1057/s11231-026-09571-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper discusses the oeuvres of two psychoanalytic scholars: Laplanche and Loewald. Each has made significant contributions to psychoanalytic theory and its influence on clinical interactions. Both distinguished analysts have engaged in serious, yet different challenges to Freudian theory. This paper will offer some similarities in their theoretical approaches, but the emphasis is on their special differences. Underscoring their significant departures a clinical example is provided which illuminates their essential distinctions. In this context I am highlighting both their unique views on psychoanalytic theory and its effect on their clinical contributions.</p>","PeriodicalId":52458,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Psychoanalysis","volume":" ","pages":"333-343"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148632859","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Supervisory Rashomon: The Evolution of Our Analytic Minds.","authors":"Mary Kay O'Neil, Kristine Klement","doi":"10.1057/s11231-026-09570-9","DOIUrl":"10.1057/s11231-026-09570-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The analytic mind is a way of thinking that includes understanding the effects of the unconscious on behavior, relationships and decisions expressed in myriad ways. A supervisor and supervisee reflect upon the development of their psychoanalytic minds through their own experiences of training and supervision. The two do not have the same experiences and goals even in the same supervision. A supervisor aims to impart analytic thinking and practice; a supervisee strives to become an analyst. Their goals are achieved within a supervisory relationship holding an optimal tension-the supervisor balances between teacher and analyst and the supervisee between support and autonomy. The learning relationship with its overlapping goals contains convergence (support and scaffolding) and divergence (differing thoughts about what helps a person learn).</p>","PeriodicalId":52458,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Psychoanalysis","volume":" ","pages":"344-366"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148649827","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Laplanche and Loewald: Faithful and Unfaithful to Freud.","authors":"José Carlos Calich","doi":"10.1057/s11231-026-09567-4","DOIUrl":"10.1057/s11231-026-09567-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper presents a comparative and epistemologically grounded examination of the psychoanalytic theories of Hans W. Loewald and Jean Laplanche, focusing on their respective engagements with Freud and their shared departure from developmental and biologically reductive models. The article argues that both authors elaborate a psychoanalytic anthropology concerned with the emergence of psychic life through binding processes, relational asymmetry, and meaning-making. Central to the discussion is their critique of the primacy of the death drive and their reformulation of psychic organization through Eros (Loewald) and the activity of translation (Laplanche). Particular attention is given to their reinterpretations of the Oedipus complex as an anthropological and cultural construction, articulated through myths and social narratives, rather than as a universal intrapsychic or phylogenetic organizer. The paper also examines the analytic relationship as a reactivation, at a higher level of complexity, of foundational conditions for psychic emergence.</p>","PeriodicalId":52458,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Psychoanalysis","volume":" ","pages":"317-332"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148801487","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Death Drive and Subjectivity.","authors":"José Jiménez Avello","doi":"10.1057/s11231-026-09569-2","DOIUrl":"10.1057/s11231-026-09569-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Following Freud's (1920) comment on the possibility of accepting or dismissing the death drive based on the subjectivity of the reader, arguments are presented from those of us who reject the supposed death drive, influenced by the consideration, among other things, of the subjective causes that may have led Freud to conceptualize it. In doing so, references are made to this line of thought as discussed by Ferenczi, and I add some personal (subjective, of course) reflections.</p>","PeriodicalId":52458,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Psychoanalysis","volume":" ","pages":"305-316"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148671507","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Browsing Infinity: Devitalized States and the Use of Digital Technologies.","authors":"Marina J S Abud, Marina F R Ribeiro","doi":"10.1057/s11231-026-09566-5","DOIUrl":"10.1057/s11231-026-09566-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The advent of the internet and the incorporation of digital devices into our daily lives are extremely relevant phenomena for understanding contemporary forms of subjectivation. Psychoanalysis, by privileging a gaze on unconscious manifestations and on the constitution of the psyche, has much to contribute to this debate. Using André Green's theoretical contributions on the clinic of emptiness as our theoretical basis, we apply the concepts of the negative and double-bind to a clinical vignette, to illustrate the link between devitalized states and digital hyperconnectivity. We highlight the complexity of the issue, acknowledging that we are simultaneously creators and creatures of virtuality.</p>","PeriodicalId":52458,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Psychoanalysis","volume":" ","pages":"367-389"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148708515","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Notes on Interpretation and Conversation in Clinical Work.","authors":"Giuseppe Civitarese, Matteo Franchino","doi":"10.1057/s11231-026-09568-3","DOIUrl":"10.1057/s11231-026-09568-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The paper delves into the dynamic interplay between interpretation and conversation within the frame of post-Bionian field theory. It highlights the crucial task of discerning whether the emotional atmosphere, the quality of the therapeutic bond, or the \"basic assumption\" that is active in the analytic dyad foster or hinder psychic growth. It underscores the significance of \"becoming\" and emotional resonance, as elucidated by Bion's concept of \"at-one-ment,\" over mere intellectual accord and factual knowledge. The pivotal moment of interpretation hinges more on the analyst's \"silent\" receptivity to the unconscious currents within the analytical field, rather than on explicit elucidation to the patient. Drawing from an intuitive grasp of the unconscious emotions shared between them, the analyst engages in a dialogue with the patient that aims to be both meaningful and potentially transformative, to enrich the couple's ability to symbolize lived experiences.</p>","PeriodicalId":52458,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Psychoanalysis","volume":" ","pages":"390-413"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148632805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"PSYCHOANALYSIS BETWEEN CATASTROPHE AND CREATION: EMERGING PERSPECTIVES. SÃO PAULO INTERNATIONAL SÁNDOR FERENCZI CONFERENCE 2024.","authors":"Endre Koritar","doi":"10.1057/s11231-026-09561-w","DOIUrl":"10.1057/s11231-026-09561-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":52458,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Psychoanalysis","volume":" ","pages":"149-157"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147857228","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Shock, resonance, and creation.","authors":"Eugênio Canesin Dal Molin","doi":"10.1057/s11231-026-09557-6","DOIUrl":"10.1057/s11231-026-09557-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Based on Ferenczi's ideas, this article explores aspects of the dynamics of \"trauma\" and its effects on psychic functioning. The discussion focuses on two concepts: shock (or commotion) as an initial disruptive event and the process of psychic repercussion, which may culminate in a movement of creation. Through conceptual figures, I argue that the transformation of traumatic experiences into creative productions is essential and frequent, especially when these experiences are shared and acknowledged by the environment.</p>","PeriodicalId":52458,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Psychoanalysis","volume":" ","pages":"188-201"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147935443","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tenderness in Our Work. Orpha and the Orphic Psychoanalyst.","authors":"Olivia Farkas","doi":"10.1057/s11231-026-09559-4","DOIUrl":"10.1057/s11231-026-09559-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Towards the end of his life, the psychoanalyst Sándor Ferenczi proposed the notion of Orpha, the protective psychic fragment that we can perceive in patients who have experienced massive traumas. This clinical paper explores this concept and the role of the psychoanalyst's orphic function in the transferential relationship, and tenderness, a notion little used in psychoanalysis, which can appear in this link, like a tool enabling the relationship between analyst and patient.</p>","PeriodicalId":52458,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Psychoanalysis","volume":" ","pages":"259-270"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148044508","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The mongrel complex: identification with the aggressor, self-hatred and the drive to rest (Ruhetrieb).","authors":"Daniel Kupermann","doi":"10.1057/s11231-026-09564-7","DOIUrl":"10.1057/s11231-026-09564-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article explores Ferenczi's (1932, 1933) concept of \"identification with the aggressor\" as an effect of psychic trauma, highlighting three of its vicissitudes: submissive love, destructive hatred, and self-hatred. We take a closer look at the fate of self-hatred, illustrating it with the \"mongrel complex,\" a term coined by Brazilian writer Nelson Rodrigues (1958), alongside biographical excerpts related to the antisemitism experienced by Freud and his father, Jacob. Additionally, we point out an unprecedented association between Ferenczi's trauma theory and Freud's studies on Witz (wit), taking as a reference the 1905 publication Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious. Finally, we offer reflections on the \"drive to rest\" (Ruhetrieb) formulated by Sándor Ferenczi in his Clinical Diary of 1932, and its impulse toward serenity.</p>","PeriodicalId":52458,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Psychoanalysis","volume":" ","pages":"173-187"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148044441","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}