Transforming At-One-Ment: Spielrein, Jung, Bion
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To remedy the relative neglect of the contribution of Sabina Spielrein to psycho-analysis this article details her early life, psychiatric hospitalization, analysis by Jung, love affair with him, extracts from her diary, correspondence with Jung and Freud, and published writing. Together this material highlights Spielrein's pioneering insights regarding the involvement of what Bion subsequently called ‘at-one-ment’ in (a) the transformations effected by the transference-counter-transference of patient and analyst in analysis, (b) art, (c) symbolism as univer-salizing inspiration or defence, (d) the death instinct, (e) the subconscious as semiotic mediator between what is conscious and unconscious, and (f) children's early language acquisition.
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Professor of Psychoanalytic Psychology at the University of Kent in Canterbury where she also works as a Tavistock Clinic and BAP-trained Freudian psychotherapist, both privately and for the NHS. Her books include Mothering Psycho-analysis (Penguin, 1991), Freudian Tales (Vintage, 1997) and Kleinians (Polity, 2000). This article arises out of her research for her latest book, Divine Therapy (Oxford University Press, 2003). Address for correspondence: Prof. J. Sayers, School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research (SSPSSR), Cornwallis North-East, Kent University, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NF. [email: [email protected]]
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Psychoanalysis and History
Volume 6 • Number 1 • January 2004
Pages: 37 - 55
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Published in print: January 2004
Published online: 16 January 2008
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