Abstract:ABSTRACTThe responses to Romy Reading and Deborah Liner address the differences between intromission and implantation in Laplanche, and whether trauma and intromission are necessarily similar psychic ...ABSTRACTThe responses to Romy Reading and Deborah Liner address the differences between intromission and implantation in Laplanche, and whether trauma and intromission are necessarily similar psychic processes, or describe different responses to unique experiences of parent-infant seduction. The paper also addresses Liner’s comments about the difference between a “one person” versus “two person” application of Laplanche’s ideas. The response to both comments draws on Winnicott and Ferenczi to amplify certain aspects of Laplanche’s ideas. Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationNotes on contributorsGila AshtorGila Ashtor, PhD, LP is a professor, psychoanalyst and writer. She teaches at Columbia University and is in private practice in New York City. She is the author Homo Psyche: On Queer Theory and Erotophobia (Fordham UP, 2021), Exigent Psychoanalysis: The Interventions of Jean Laplanche (Routledge, 2021) and an experimental memoir, Aural History (Punctum, 2020). She is on the faculty of the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research (IPTAR) in New York City, and her primary areas of academic and clinical expertise include trauma, affective disorders, identity, and sexuality.Read More
Publication Year: 2023
Publication Date: 2023-01-02
Language: en
Type: article
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