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Glacial Times: A Journey through the World of Madness
Contributor(s): Resnik, Salomon (Author)
ISBN: 1583917160     ISBN-13: 9781583917169
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $142.50  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: March 2005
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Annotation: In "Glacial Times," Salomon Resnik brings together various facets of his work as a psychoanalyst and psychiatrist, working in both the private sector and in institutional settings, to provide a careful summary of a lifetime of clinical work.
Drawing on a wide range of psychoanalytic, philosophical and literary sources, and vignettes from the author's extensive clinical experience, this book brings the subject of psychosis to life and demonstrates how the study of psychoanalysis and psychosis forces us to confront fundamental ontological questions. Subjects covered include:
- Transmission and Learning
- Bodily Identification in Psychosis
- The Universe of Madness: Frozen words and thoughts
This synthesis of over fifty years of experience as a psychoanalyst and psychiatrist treating psychotic patients will fascinate anyone working in these fields.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Psychology | Movements - Psychoanalysis
- Psychology | Psychopathology - General
- Psychology | Education & Training
Dewey: 616.89
LCCN: 2004025925
Series: New Library of Psychoanalysis
Physical Information: 0.64" H x 6.36" W x 9.5" (0.75 lbs) 132 pages
 
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In Glacial Times, Salomon Resnik brings together various facets of his work as a psychoanalyst and psychiatrist, working in both the private sector and in institutional settings and in a wide range of cultural contexts, to provide a careful summary of a lifetime of clinical work.

Drawing on a wide range of psychoanalytic, philosophical and literary sources, and vignettes from the author's extensive clinical experience, this book brings the subject of psychosis to life and demonstrates how the study of psychoanalysis and psychosis forces us to confront fundamental ontological questions. Subjects covered include:

  • Transmission and Learning
  • The role of the body in psychosis
  • The Universe of Madness: Frozen words and thoughts
  • The Internal world and the philosophy of the unconcsious
  • Psychotic thinking and language
  • The Symbolic order and its deficiencies.

This synthesis of over fifty years of experience as a psychoanalyst and psychiatrist treating psychotic patients will fascinate anyone working in these fields.