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TITLE: THE
ELUSIVE HUMAN SUBJECT: A
Psychoanalytic Theory of Subject Relations AUTHOR: Kennedy, Roger ISBN hb: 1 85343 394 2 ISBN pb: 1 85343 396 9 PAGES: 220 LIST PRICE hb: £ 35.00 ($ 55.00) LIST PRICE pb: £ 15.95 ($ 25.00) PUB DATE: March 1998
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TITLE: THE
ELUSIVE HUMAN SUBJECT: A
Psychoanalytic Theory of Subject Relations AUTHOR: Kennedy, Roger ISBN hb: 1 85343 394 2 ISBN pb: 1 85343 396 9 PAGES: 220 LIST PRICE hb: £ 35.00 ($ 55.00) LIST PRICE pb: £ 15.95 ($ 25.00) PUB DATE: March 1998
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essentially elusive about our subjective life, which makes it difficult
to capture", writes Roger Kennedy at the beginning of this important book.
From this position of uncertainty, Kennedy pursues his exploration of how
we can gain access to the human subject, not only through what we experience
as individuals but also through the multiple and complex interactions between
individuals in the social field.
The issue of where and how subjectivity is located is not only of theoretical interest but is also of clinical relevance. The clinical setting provides a unique opportunity for understanding the enigmas of subjectivity. Psychoanalysts deal with human suffering and have privileged access to the most intimate and complex aspects of human reality. Yet it is not uncommon to discover that it may be very difficult for patients to be in contact with their subjective life; indeed, they may actively avoid it. This is outstanding book in which Roger Kennedy has succeeded in a major re-evaluation of how we describe the Self, and what that means for psychoanalysis. "This is a major work on the nature of human subjectivity. Kennedy argues that we need to conceptualize the human subject differently in psychoanalysis, and he proposes a complex yet lucid theory of what that would be. I have no doubt that it will establish itself as one of the major works of contemporary psychoanalysis" Christopher Bollas
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