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THE QUEST FOR TRUTH AS THE FOUNDATION OF PSYCHOANALYTIC PRACTICE: A TRADITIONAL FREUDIAN-KLEINIAN PERSPECTIVE.
Psychoanal Q. 2016 Apr; 85(2):305-37.PQ

Abstract

In responding to the question of whether truth in psychoanalysis is relevant today, the author presents what she refers to as a traditional Freudian-Kleinian perspective. According to this perspective, truth is not only relevant, but rather the quest for it is the alpha and omega of psychoanalytic practice. The author reviews Freud's approach to truth and then discusses Klein's essential contribution to its understanding, grounding, and enrichment, highlighting Klein's thinking about phantasy and the life and death instincts. Finally, the author contends with the opposing view that the quest for truth is no longer relevant to contemporary analytic practice.

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Blass RB
Member and Training Analyst at the Israel Psychoanalytic Society, a member of the British Psychoanalytical Society, Professor of Psychoanalysis at Heythrop College, and Visiting Professor UCL, University of London.

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HumansPsychoanalysisPsychoanalytic Theory

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Journal Article
Review

Language

eng

PubMed ID

27112741

Citation

Blass, Rachel B.. "THE QUEST for TRUTH as the FOUNDATION of PSYCHOANALYTIC PRACTICE: a TRADITIONAL FREUDIAN-KLEINIAN PERSPECTIVE." The Psychoanalytic Quarterly, vol. 85, no. 2, 2016, pp. 305-37.
Blass RB. THE QUEST FOR TRUTH AS THE FOUNDATION OF PSYCHOANALYTIC PRACTICE: A TRADITIONAL FREUDIAN-KLEINIAN PERSPECTIVE. Psychoanal Q. 2016;85(2):305-37.
Blass, R. B. (2016). THE QUEST FOR TRUTH AS THE FOUNDATION OF PSYCHOANALYTIC PRACTICE: A TRADITIONAL FREUDIAN-KLEINIAN PERSPECTIVE. The Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 85(2), 305-37. https://doi.org/10.1002/psaq.12075
Blass RB. THE QUEST for TRUTH as the FOUNDATION of PSYCHOANALYTIC PRACTICE: a TRADITIONAL FREUDIAN-KLEINIAN PERSPECTIVE. Psychoanal Q. 2016;85(2):305-37. PubMed PMID: 27112741.
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