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Paths of Symbolization explores philosophical and psychoanalytic questions about the concept of symbolization.
Alain Gibeault connects symbolization with concepts like playing, sublimation and creation. With reference to Freud's metapsychology and the French context specifically, Gibeault explores the significance of symbolization in analytic work. This book studies the theoretical questions raised by the concept of symbolization in the history of psychoanalytic thought and clarifies what is at stake when symbolization is impaired—particularly in the treatment of psychotic, borderline, and neurotic states. Through a wealth of clinical material, the author illustrates how symbolization mediates between inner and outer realities, enabling the emergence of thought, representation, and transformation. By comparing these cases, readers are invited to grasp the specific therapeutic contributions of French psychoanalysis in fostering psychic integration and the working through of unconscious conflict.
Paths of Symbolization will be of great interest to psychoanalysts in practice and in training, particularly those looking to better understand theoretical, clinical, and technical aspects of French psychoanalysis. It will also be relevant for academics and scholars of psychoanalytic studies, other areas of mental health and philosophy.
Contents
Series Editor's ForewordSilvia Flechner
Foreword: Symbolization as Process Interpretation,Construction, and SettingHoward B. Levine
Introduction
Chapter 1
Conversion hysteria: the discovery of symbolization
Chapter 2
Dream symbolism
Chapter 3
The symbolism of money and psychoanalytic treatment
Chapter 4
Symbolization, projection, and projective identification
Chapter 5
Symbolization in analysis
Chapter 6
The interplay between symbolization, representation, and sublimation
Chapter 7
The birth of symbolization: prehistoric art
Conclusion
