Being and Not Being
Being and Not Being: Clinical Applications of the Death Instinct Otto Weininger,
Publisher: Karnac Books
ISBN: 1855751259
DDC: 616
Edition: Paperback; 1996-10-01
Summary:
From the Foreword by Michael Eigen: I believe that there is in all of
us a balance to destroy and protect, but in some of us the balance is
tilted too much in one direction"". So says Dr. Otto Weininger at the
beginning of his work. No problem is more important for our age. What
enables a life to be predominantly constructive rather than
destructive for self and world? What can psychoanalysis do to tip the
balance for the better? Dr. Weininger cuts through jargon to give
many clear and useful portrayals of work with destructive tendencies
in a variety of contexts. He has much to say about adults who seem to
stall or live life in reverse. There are many individuals who feel
numb or dead and undo whatever they try to build. Dr. Weininger
shares his attempts to contain the pain of unlived or mislived lives
and provide psychic nutrients that make constructive aliveness
possible. Dr. Weininger's book is rich in nutrients for the reader,
also. Not only does he have helpful things to say about destructive
process in adults, but his book contains a wealth of material on work
with children. He traces death work to its sources in early feeding
and sleeping problems, various somatic difficulties, phenomena like
homesickness, and crisis of spirit that disabled and dying children
must face. This book is an eloquent plea for life, for emotional
aliveness, for the possibility of living well together. "Of all
Melanie Klein's contributions, her emphasis on the importance of the
daeth instinct in infantile mental life continues to be the most
enigmatic and controversial. Professor Weininger's work goes a long
way in lessening that enigma and controversy by giving clinical
credibility to her concept. Klein who was accused of ignoring
external reality. Weininger, in the contrary, contextualizes the
effects of the death instinct well within the clinical immediacy of
detailed case material. Hes has done a superb job in reconciling a
difficult concept with practical clinical issues. This work
represents a significant update of the Kleinian genre." - James S.
Grotstein
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