JOURNAL ARTICLE

For Tender Translation: An Encounter between Plato and Ferenczi.

  • Published In: Canadian Journal of Psychoanalysis / Revue Canadienne de Psychanalyse, 2024, v. 32, n. 2. P. 209 1 of 3

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  • Authored By: Tavares, John 3 of 3

Abstract

Relying on concepts from Ferenczi's "Confusion of Tongues between Adults and the Child," I suggest that the analytic enterprise consists of a metaphorical translation of passionately disrupted experience into tender, integrated terms, in the here and now analytic moment. To demonstrate this, I trace the narrative in the principal speeches in Plato's Symposium whose themes of virtuous love, regression to oneness, and confrontation with lack provide a rubric for key aspects of the psychoanalytic process. An extended clinical case presentation is used to highlight the themes in the Platonic dialogue while ideas from Ferenczi's con- tributions to clinical psychoanalysis are linked to the material throughout. I end with a reflection on the centrality of the process of translation in psychoanalytic work while suggesting future directions for inquiry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Canadian Journal of Psychoanalysis / Revue Canadienne de Psychanalyse. 2024/09, Vol. 32, Issue 2, p209
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Literature and Writing
  • Publication Date:2024
  • ISSN:1195-3330
  • Accession Number:182132853
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