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In these pages… THE INTERTWINING OF EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL EVENTS IN THE CHANGING WORLD

In these pages… THE INTERTWINING OF EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL EVENTS IN THE CHANGING WORLD The American Journal of Psychoanalysis, 2015, 75, (353–360) © 2015 Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis 0002-9548/15 www.palgrave-journals.com/ajp/ In these pages… THE INTERTWINING OF EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL EVENTS IN THE CHANGING WORLD Vamik D. Volkan I would like to thank Giselle Galdi for inviting me to edit this Special Issue, which concludes the 75th Volume of the AJP, on the effects of cultural, ethnic, national, religious, political events and massive traumas, especially those at the hand of the “Other,” on individuals’ internal worlds and societies. We also wish to illustrate how such external events influence our clinical work. Beginning with Sigmund Freud, psychoanalysts have ventured beyond the couch and have written about myths, religions, wars and related topics. Nevertheless, until a few decades ago, psychoanalysts did not place much focus on how external events impact the psychopathology of individuals they were treating. They followed the tradition that originated with Freud’s giving up the seduction theory in his early efforts to develop psychoanalytic theories. The idea of the sexual seduction of children coming from the external world was relinquished in favor of the belief that stimuli that came from the child’s own wishes and fantasies resulted in the formation of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Journal of Psychoanalysis Springer Journals

In these pages… THE INTERTWINING OF EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL EVENTS IN THE CHANGING WORLD

The American Journal of Psychoanalysis , Volume 75 (4) – Nov 27, 2015

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2015 by Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis
Subject
Psychology; Clinical Psychology; Psychotherapy; Psychoanalysis
ISSN
0002-9548
eISSN
1573-6741
DOI
10.1057/ajp.2015.40
pmid
26611128
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The American Journal of Psychoanalysis, 2015, 75, (353–360) © 2015 Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis 0002-9548/15 www.palgrave-journals.com/ajp/ In these pages… THE INTERTWINING OF EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL EVENTS IN THE CHANGING WORLD Vamik D. Volkan I would like to thank Giselle Galdi for inviting me to edit this Special Issue, which concludes the 75th Volume of the AJP, on the effects of cultural, ethnic, national, religious, political events and massive traumas, especially those at the hand of the “Other,” on individuals’ internal worlds and societies. We also wish to illustrate how such external events influence our clinical work. Beginning with Sigmund Freud, psychoanalysts have ventured beyond the couch and have written about myths, religions, wars and related topics. Nevertheless, until a few decades ago, psychoanalysts did not place much focus on how external events impact the psychopathology of individuals they were treating. They followed the tradition that originated with Freud’s giving up the seduction theory in his early efforts to develop psychoanalytic theories. The idea of the sexual seduction of children coming from the external world was relinquished in favor of the belief that stimuli that came from the child’s own wishes and fantasies resulted in the formation of

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Published: Nov 27, 2015

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