1st Edition
The Creation of the Self and Language Primitive Sensory Relations of the Child with the Outside World
By David Rosenfeld
Copyright 2012
80 Pages
by
Routledge
80 Pages
by
Routledge
80 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book develops models and hypotheses about the mechanisms of the origin of language and the self. It offers a highly original discussion of language acquisition in relation to Freud's paper on aphasia. The book is useful for psychiatrists, teachers, social workers, and parents.
Foreword -- the Autistic Child -- Introduction -- Revisiting Freud from the standpoint of his writings on aphasia -- Some modern psychoanalytic theories on autism -- The child’s relationship with the Other and with language: some concepts of Merleau-Ponty and Henri Wallon -- Benjamin -- Testimonies -- Transformation
Biography
David Rosenfeld was trained in Buenos Aires. He lived and studied in Paris and London and also in the United States. He is a Consultant Professor at Buenos Aires University, Faculty of Medicine, in the Department of Mental Health and Psychiatry; a Training Analyst of the Buenos Aires Psychoanalytic Society; and an Ex-Vice President of the International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA)
