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Dominique Scarfone, "The Reality of the Message: Psychoanalysis in the Wake of Jean Laplanche" (Unconscious in Translation, 2023)

New Books in Psychoanalysis

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Exploring the Interplay of Adaptation, the Unconscious, and Sexuality in Psychoanalysis

Exploring the complexity of adaptation in psychoanalysis, this chapter highlights the tension between the ego's adaptive nature and the unadaptable aspects of the unconscious and sexuality. It emphasizes the analyst's task of challenging adaptive defenses in therapy to uncover deeper layers of the patient's psyche.

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