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VOLUME 36 NUMBER 3 NUMBER 36 VOLUME Uniting the Schools of Thought World Organization and Public Education Corporation - National Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis STANDING IN THE SAME STREAM: ENVY & JEALOUSY CHALLENGES RIVALS IN AND OUT OF OUR ANALYTIC CIRCLES by Robert Marchesani After waking from a night- Heinz Hartmann and the hapless ego psychologists is main- mare, 25-year-old Leonardo tained at an impressive level.” Da Vinci is told: “You have a gift, Leo, a kind of genius, the The same was true between Anna Freud’s followers and those likes of which I’ve never seen; of Melanie Klein and other schools of rivaling thought about and because of that, people psychoanalysis and psychotherapy. “Freud, the father, doesn’t will always seek to destroy you. escape this either among those who disdain him for his patriar- Please, don’t aid them in their chal and scientistic inclinations, but also the idealized identifica- endeavor.” - Da Vinci’s Demons tions that he inspired,” Lichtenstein continued. “Fixed, absolute identifications and their fiction of wholeness and certainty are Edmund Leites and Symposium 2013 began with ultimately anathema to the vital play of desire. They turn it Martin Bergman David Lichtenstein’s keynote instead into its death form, which is envy.” presentation I Am Not What I Am (a line by Iago from “Othello”) from a qualifying Lacanian “In theater and in literature,” Lichtenstein analyzed, “envy and perspective. Co-founder, faculty member, and supervisor at jealousy are as often the subject of comedy as of tragedy. Après Coup Psychoanalytic Association, Lichtenstein set the This tragi-comic theme is the hatred among rivals. For all our stage for his inquiry into this common theme of envy and jeal- wisdom regarding the sources of such hatred in our patients, ousy in the theater of psychoanalytic training. we don’t often recognize those same sources in our group loyalties. It is our envy regarding the other group identification “As with all psychoanalytic schools, there are enough basic that generates this particular form of hatred. If I suggest that differences among so-called Lacanian perspectives to put that those who speak disdainfully of Lacan and the Lacanians do designation in doubt, which is where I think it belongs,” Lich- so out of a form of envy, I risk being seen as arrogant unless it tenstein said. “There are also doubts over what is a proper psy- is understood that I am saying this about all of us, and all our choanalytic perspective. We are fortunate today to have present group allegiances.” Martin Bergmann, who wrote the book on that question and who made clear that what is important is how these doubts can continued on page 6 stimulate work and new developments in our thinking.” Lichtenstein pointed out that our identification with iconic figures of authority like Lacan, unless done with great care, In this issue “tends to close off discourse and block productive thought. So while it is important to acknowledge one’s teachers, it is equally • REPRODUCTION IN THE 21ST important to avoid over-identification with them.” Referring 2013 SUMMER to Freud’s work on Group Psychology, Lichtenstein reminded CENTURY us of Freud’s analysis of this kind of identification and the • REVIEWS OF "AUGUSTINE" contempt that often accompanies it. “We don’t just disagree with the formulations of another group, we hate those formula- • PERSPECTIVES ON GOOD & EVIL tions; sometimes quietly, sometimes less so,” Lichtenstein said. “Among a group of hardcore Lacanians the disdain for poor • BERGMANN AT 100 he Advanc r t em fo e n PRESIDENT’S REPORT n o t ti o a f i P c s o y s c s h A o I recently heard Not too long ago I was contacted by our l a a NAAP n n a o l i y t s a i s N about a meeting at sole member in Kansas, who is the only 1972 one of our Institutes independent psychoanalyst in the state. where the candi- He wanted to know that NAAP would THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION dates and the faculty be there for him in case his colleagues FOR THE ADVANCEMENT questioned why they decided to try and exclude him from OF PSYCHOANALYSIS should be NAAP practice. I assured him that we are 1,200 PRESIDENT members. This was strong who would do whatever we could Douglas F. Maxwell disturbing, especially to help him, if necessary, to ensure his Douglas F. Maxwell PAST PRESIDENT because the future of ability to stay in practice. Without NAAP, Pamela Armstrong-Manchester independent psy- he told me, there would be no place for choanalysis is only going to continue to him to turn, and he thanked me for that. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Margery Quackenbush exist and thrive if the next generation of psychoanalysts takes an active role. Why I hope you see that all of this is compel- SECRETARY should candidates and faculty join NAAP? ling enough for all members to encour- Lucinda Antrim That’s simple. It’s because NAAP is the age their colleagues, supervisors, and NAAP NEWS advocate for independent psychoanaly- students to join NAAP and become active © 2013 The National Association for the sis. Without NAAP, no-one would be in perpetuating and growing the profes- Advancement of Psychoanalysis Summer 2013, Volume 36, Number 3 monitoring and advocating for improved sion of independent psychoanalysis. Our legislation, whether it concerns diagnose- future depends on your participation and EDITOR-IN-CHIEF and-treat or insurance reimbursement. support. Douglas F. Maxwell Without NAAP, no one would serve as EXECUTIVE EDITOR a watchdog to monitor APsyA, APA, and Kirsty Cardinale the Consortium in their attempts to leg- EDITORIAL BOARD islate us out of existence. Without NAAP, Marge Blaine there would be no place for independent Douglas F. Maxwell Arthur Pomponio psychoanalysts to register their certifica- President Ginny Rachmani tion. CONTRIBUTORS Marc Angers Deirdre Barrett Patricia Bratt Gary Brown Ann Casement David Dalrymple Psychoanalytic Practice-Building Jennifer R. 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PAGE 2 SUMMER 2013 Gradiva® Award Nominations—2013 ART Doran, Hailey. (2012). Seeing the Flow of People. 5 works published in Other/Wise, Vol. 9. Forney, Ellen. (2012). Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo & Me. New York, NY: Gotham Books. Perlman, Stuart D. (2012). “Faces of Homelessness: Painting the Unseen among Us”. 94 oil on canvas portraits. Quackenbush, Robert. (2012). Four portraits of psychoanalytic leaders. Sigmund Freud, Hyman Spotnitz, and Phyllis Meadow in oil; Sigmund Freud in stamps. ARTICLES Ferrell, Donald R. (2012). A Dangerous Method, a fi lm directed by David Cronenberg: An extended review. Journal of Religion & Health, 51(3), 682-700. Movahedi, Siamak and Homayounpour, Gohar. (2012). The couch and the chador. The International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 93(6), 1357-7 Schmidt, Martin. (2012). Psychic skin: Psychotic defences, borderline process and delusions. The Journal of Analytical Psychology, 57(1), 21-39. Shepherd, Mary. (2012). Speaking the never spoken: The challenge of id analysis. Modern Psychoanalysis, 37(1), 1-38. Stein, Mark and Petriglieri, Gianpiero. (2012). The unwanted self: Projective identifi cation in leaders’ identity work. Organization Studies, 33(9), 1217-123 BOOKS Brisch, Karl Heinz. (2012). Treating Attachment Disorders. New York, NY: Guilford Publications. Homayounpour, Gohar. (2012). Doing Psychoanalysis in Tehran. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. Knafo, Danielle. (2012). Dancing with the Unconscious: The Art of Psychoanalysis and the Psychoanalysis of Art. New York, NY: Routledge. Rolnik, Eran J. (2012). Freud in Zion: Psychoanalysis and the Making of Modern Jewish Identity. London, UK: Karnac Books. Safran, Jeremy D. (2012). Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapies. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. CHILDREN’S BOOKS Allen, Kathryn Madeline. (2012). A Kiss Means I Love You. Chicago, IL: Albert Whitman & Company. Quackenbush, Robert. (2012). Henry’s Awful Mistake. 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