{"product_id":"unconscious-fantasies-and-the-relational-danielle-knafo-9780881634204","title":"Unconscious Fantasies and the Relational World","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat is the role of unconscious fantasies in psychological development, in psychopathology, and in the arts? In \u003cem\u003eUnconscious Fantasies and the Relational World\u003c\/em\u003e, Danielle Knafo and Kenneth Feiner return to these interlinked questions with a specific goal in mind: a contemporary appreciation of fantasy in its multiform relational contexts. To this end, they provide detailed examinations of primal scene, family romance, and castration fantasies, respectively. Each category of fantasy is pushed beyond its \"classical\" psychoanalytic meaning by attending to the child's ubiquitous concerns about sexual difference and feelings of incompleteness; her perception of the parental relationship; and the multiple, shifting identifications that grow out of this relationship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvocative clinical examples illuminate the manner in which patients and analysts play out these three core fantasies. They are balanced by chapters that explore the generative side of these same fantasies in the arts. David Lynch's film \u003cem\u003eBlue Velvet\u003c\/em\u003e provides an artistic rendering of the primal scene; Jerzy Kosinki's life and work illustrates the family romance; and French multimedia artist Orlan's \"carnal art\" recreates the trauma of castration. \u003cem\u003eUnconscious Fantasies and the Relational World\u003c\/em\u003e is a tightly woven study \u003cbr\u003eof broad and basic questions. It is in equal measure a contemporary re-visioning of the grounds of fantasy formation, a relationally informed guide to clinical techniques for dealing with unconscious fantasy, and an examination of the generative potential of unconscious fantasy in the arts. Out of the authors' broadening and broad-minded sensibility emerges an illuminating study of the manifold ways in which unconscious fantasies shape lives and enrich clinical work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Danielle Knafo,Kenneth Feiner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0881634204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780881634204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/21\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 7.56w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2007 pg. 9","brand":"Danielle Knafo","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48112991994111,"sku":"9780881634204","price":74.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e968c48c-bd80-46d6-a964-dc0b0b1d6612.jpg?v=1769612327","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/unconscious-fantasies-and-the-relational-danielle-knafo-9780881634204","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}