Longing for nothingness resistance, denial, and the place of death in the nursing home

Longing for Nothingness demonstrates how conflict between a life and death drive structures desire and the formation of the symptom and how this conceptual framework can be used to treat men and women in the nursing home. In the process, Andrew Stein presents a surprising and novel reading of such i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Stein, Andrew, 1959- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Md. : Jason Aronson c2010.
Edición:1st ed
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798312206719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I Death and the Chain of Life; 1. The Destructive Side of Our Erotic Life; 2. What Is a Death Wish in Early Freud?; 3. Freud's Later Views Concerning Death as a Drive; 4. Death and the Other; 5. Death and the Chain of Life; Part II The Longing for "Nothingness" in the Nursing Home; 6. Introduction to Death in the Nursing Home; 7. Life for the Resident in the Nursing Home; 8. Residents' Narcissistic Frames of Mind; 9. The Negation of Death in the Nursing Home; 10. Coda and Exit; Bibliography; About the Author