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SAMIKSA Journal of the Indian Psychoanalytical Society Addictions and the Quest to Control the Unpredictable Object ROBERT WASKA Psychodvnamic Resemblance binds the poets of Different Culture in a Single Order of Mind ARUP KUMAR GHOSAL AND TINNI DUTTA v One rti thp !avf MOHI I,,J;. AMARENDRANATH BASU Narcissus and Oedipus: The Children of Psychoanalysis in Relationship Perspective NlLANJANA SANYAL The Dialogue with Death — A Classical Psychoanalytical Approach to Aggression SARALA KAPOOR Are Psychoanalytic Concepts Relevant in a Globalizing World? ZAHID H. GANGJEE Book Reviews VOLUME 58 2005-2006 BI-ANNUAL EPITAPH The sudden premature demise of our dear friend JOURNAL OF THE INDIAN PSYCHOANALYTICAL SOCIETY Mrs. Varsha Bhanscdi, has cast a dark Samiksd is to be published bi-annually from 2003. The subscription payable in advance is Rs.250/- (Rupees Two Hundred and Fifty) for inland subscribers and U.S.$ 85.00 Shadow of grief and despair upon the Indian Psychoanalytical Society. 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Editor, Samiksha SAMIKSA CONTENTS Journal of the Indian Psychoanalytical Society Addictions and the Quest to Control the Unpredictable Object by Robert Waska 1 Volume 57, 2OO5-2OO6 Psychodynamic Resemblance binds the poets of Different Culture in a Single Order of Mind by Arup Kumar Ghosal and Tinni Dutta 17 Editor Dr. D. N. Nandi GIRINDRASHEKHAR MAMORIAL LKCTURE Girindrashekhar Bose: One of the last Ass/. Editors 'MOHICANS' of Colonial India by Amarendranath Basu 29 Sarala Kapoor JV1.K. Oastur Bani Pain Narcissus and Oedipus: The Children of Psychoanalysis in Relationship Perspective by Nilanjana Sanyal 39 Editorial Board The Dialogue with Death - A Classical Dhirendranatli Nandi Psychoanalytical Approach to Aggression S ar ad i n d u B a n c rj i by Sarala Kapoor 51 Shailesh Kapadia Sarosh Forbes Are Psychoanalytic Concepts Relevant in a Mallika Akbar 9 M.K. Daslur Globalizing World Zahid H. Gangjee , 61 14. Parsibagan Lane Book Reviews Kolkata-700 009 Reviewers : Jayanti Basu, Tapas Banerjee and India Gargi DasgupUi 67 ADDICTIONS AND THE QUEST TO CONTROL THE FORM IV RULE 8 UNPREDICTABLE OBJECT Statement about Ownership and other Particulars about the Journal Robert Waska Most patients come into psychoanalytic treatment engaged in some form of Place of publication The Indian Psychoanalytical Society repetitive, destructive behavior that is an externalization or projection of their 14, Parsibagan Lane, Kolkata-9 internal struggles. One form of this object relational acting out is the addictions, be they to alcohol, gambling, drugs, sex, procrastinating, or other variations. Periodicity Annual The patient's experience is a 'must do-can't stop' one that leaves them both Printer Tarit Kumar Chatterjee desperate and relieved. Nationality Indian Patients come to us wanting help in refraining from these addictive patterns. Sometimes, they are attending a twelve-step program or in a day treatment Address 112, Rammohan Sarani, Kolkata-9 recovery program, but need additional assistance in remaining free from their Editor Dr. D. N. Nandi addictive behaviors. Others seek out psychoanalytic treatment while still involved in their addiction, but wish to stop the behavior and build a more Nationality Indian positive plan for their lives. Address 14 Parsibagan Lane, Kolkata-700 009 This paper examines the deeper object relational issues that lie behind the Publisher Tarit Kumar Chatterjee addictive process.