Polymorphisms
Sexual and Gender Migrations in Contemporary Psychoanalysis
1st Edition
Published on 30. June 2025
Book
Hardback
184 pages
978-1-032-87762-4 (ISBN)
Description
Polymorphisms presents an overview of key theories, ideas and issues within psychoanalysis relating to sexual and gender diversity.
The chapters consider key topics including the Oedipus-castration complex, the link between sexuality and gender, identity, and gender violence, while also addressing queer/transgender subjectivities, countertransference, and the implicit and explicit theories that shape clinical practice. Taking an intra and interdisciplinary approach, the collection considers ideas that enrich the clinical approach while highlighting contradictions and heterogeneities, and moving away from essentialisms. As a whole, the book delimits debates and questions rather than offering definitive answers, taking the perspective that psychoanalysis is a discipline in continuous interrogation of its own propositions.
Polymorphisms: Sexual and Gender Migrations in Contemporary Psychoanalysis will be essential reading for psychoanalysts and psychotherapists in practice and in training. It will also be of interest to academics of psychoanalytic studies and gender studies.
The chapters consider key topics including the Oedipus-castration complex, the link between sexuality and gender, identity, and gender violence, while also addressing queer/transgender subjectivities, countertransference, and the implicit and explicit theories that shape clinical practice. Taking an intra and interdisciplinary approach, the collection considers ideas that enrich the clinical approach while highlighting contradictions and heterogeneities, and moving away from essentialisms. As a whole, the book delimits debates and questions rather than offering definitive answers, taking the perspective that psychoanalysis is a discipline in continuous interrogation of its own propositions.
Polymorphisms: Sexual and Gender Migrations in Contemporary Psychoanalysis will be essential reading for psychoanalysts and psychotherapists in practice and in training. It will also be of interest to academics of psychoanalytic studies and gender studies.
Reviews / Votes
"Contemporary psychoanalysts are keen explorers of the new, intrigued by what in some ways is still waiting to be understood; they are well documented and also on average freer of prejudice than other professional categories involved in the field; finally, their research is also often creative. This is demonstrated by this splendid volume 'Polymorphisms', which originated as part of the 'Sexual and Gender Diversity Studies Committee' of the International Psychoanalytic Association, and which offers a broad, advanced and kaleidoscopic psychoanalytic view on one of the most vibrantly debated topics in today's culture." - Stefano Bolognini; Past-President IPA"This book, updated and expanded, is a product of the First Latin American Dialogue organized by the IPA's Committee on Sexual Diversity and Gender Studies in November 2019 in Buenos Aires, is a significant contribution to the ongoing debates. It focuses on the psychoanalytic vision of sexual and gender diversity, a topic of utmost importance in the current circumstances. This publication is a key piece, actively engaging us in the necessary debates in these uncertain times." - Virginia Ungar; IPA Former President (2017-2021)
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Postgraduate, Professional Practice & Development, and Professional Reference
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
461 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-87762-4 (9781032877624)
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Sexual and Gender Migrations in Contemporary Psychoanalysis
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Persons
Leticia Glocer Fiorini, MD, is training and supervising analyst of the Argentine Psychoanalytic Association (APA). She is current Chair of the IPA Sexual and Gender Diversity Studies Committee, and Professor of Gender Studies at the University of Buenos Aires.
Jean Marc Tauszik is a psychoanalyst based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a member of the Caracas Psychoanalytic Society and co-chair for Latin America of the Sexual and Gender Diversity Studies Committee and chair of the PPL platform (Latin American Psychoanalytic Thought).
Silvia R. Acosta, PhD, is a psychoanalyst at the Asociacion Psicoanalitica de Cordoba, Argentina, and member of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Psicanalise, Lisbon. Currently, she is the Scientific Secretary of the Annual Book of Psychoanalysis in Spanish.
Jean Marc Tauszik is a psychoanalyst based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a member of the Caracas Psychoanalytic Society and co-chair for Latin America of the Sexual and Gender Diversity Studies Committee and chair of the PPL platform (Latin American Psychoanalytic Thought).
Silvia R. Acosta, PhD, is a psychoanalyst at the Asociacion Psicoanalitica de Cordoba, Argentina, and member of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Psicanalise, Lisbon. Currently, she is the Scientific Secretary of the Annual Book of Psychoanalysis in Spanish.
Content
Series preface
Leticia Glocer Fiorini
Introduction
Leticia Glocer Fiorini, Jean Marc Tauszikm and Silvia Acosta
PART 1. GENDER AND THE OEDIPUS COMPLEX - THE CONSTRUCTION OF SEXED SUBJECTIVITY
This part includes three chapters which focuses on the contributions and limits of the Oedipus complex regarding sexual and gender diversity.
INTRODUCTION.
Silvia Acosta
CHAPTER 1. Oedipus, subjectivity, and culture.
Hugo Lerner
CHAPTER 2. Oedipus... next! A critique of heteropatriarchal psychoanalysis.
Fernanda Magallanes
CHAPTER 3. The Oedipus complex in the light of contemporary subjectivities: from Thebes to 21st century.
Leticia Glocer Fiorini
PART 2. DIALOGUES AT THE BORDER - THE QUEER POSITION
This part proposes different viewpoints on the queer position and its challenge to the psychoanalytic field.
INTRODUCTION.
Jean Marc Tauszik
CHAPTER 4. Are we perhaps all queer?
Leonardo Peskin
CHAPTER 5. Queering psychoanalysis: from a queer Freud to a trans Lacan
Patricia Gherovici
CHAPTER 6. Trans-identities: epistemological problems, binary logic, and the analyst?s disphoria.
Nicolas Evzonas
PART 3. THE ANALYST DIVERSITY - LISTENING IN THE ANALYTICAL SESSION
This part focuses on the analyst's position, including countertransference, listening in the session, and the analyst's own internal diversity.
INTRODUCTION.
Alejandra Vertzner Marucco
CHAPTER 7. Diversity and countertransference.
Claudio Laks Eizirik
CHAPTER 8. Listening to and enduring the polymorphous.
Yago Franco
CHAPTER 9. Listening to the Rokitansky Syndrome.
Andrea Ikonicoff
PART 4. REVISITING PATRIARCHY - MYTHS AND BELIEFS
This part approaches the role of patriarchy in the construction of subjectivity as well as in the relationship between the sexes. It includes its impact on the construction of theories.
INTRODUCTION.
Analia Wald
CHAPTER 10. Patriarchy revisited through Afro-Brazilian religions.
Alice Becker Lewkowicz
CHAPTER 11. Reviewing patriarchy: myths and beliefs.
Isidoro Vegh
CHAPTER 12. The Tiresias blow or, the use of phallocentric resistance in the analytical field.
Marco Posadas
PART 5. GENDER VIOLENCE - ANGST FACING UNCERTAINTY
In this part different authors refer to gender violence and its meanings, from the individual and collective point of view, regarding sexual difference. A contemporary legal point of view is included.
INTRODUCTION.
Luisa Acrich
CHAPTER 13. "Macha" Violence.
Fernando Orduz
CHAPTER 14. Violence(s) and intolerance to the feminine: between singular and plural scenarios.
Patricia Alkolombre
CHAPTER 15. Violence and difference.
Javier Garcia Castineiras
PART 6. IDENTITY, GENDER, AND SUBJECTIVITY
This part presents different thoughts related to the concept of identity in psychoanalysis, including its relation to gender, subjectivity, and sexuality. It also discusses the distinction between identity and difference.
Introduction.
Maria Cristina Fulco
CHAPTER 16. Identity, gender and subjectivity.
Luis Hornstein
CHAPTER 17. Binary or different?
Julio Moreno
CHAPTER 18. Constructing identities - a proposal.
Teresa Lartigue
CHAPTER 19. Metapsychological thoughts on infancy focusing on contemporary identity issues.
Mara Sverdlik
CHAPTER 20. Trans/adolescences - a brief communication.
Sergio Lewkowicz
Leticia Glocer Fiorini
Introduction
Leticia Glocer Fiorini, Jean Marc Tauszikm and Silvia Acosta
PART 1. GENDER AND THE OEDIPUS COMPLEX - THE CONSTRUCTION OF SEXED SUBJECTIVITY
This part includes three chapters which focuses on the contributions and limits of the Oedipus complex regarding sexual and gender diversity.
INTRODUCTION.
Silvia Acosta
CHAPTER 1. Oedipus, subjectivity, and culture.
Hugo Lerner
CHAPTER 2. Oedipus... next! A critique of heteropatriarchal psychoanalysis.
Fernanda Magallanes
CHAPTER 3. The Oedipus complex in the light of contemporary subjectivities: from Thebes to 21st century.
Leticia Glocer Fiorini
PART 2. DIALOGUES AT THE BORDER - THE QUEER POSITION
This part proposes different viewpoints on the queer position and its challenge to the psychoanalytic field.
INTRODUCTION.
Jean Marc Tauszik
CHAPTER 4. Are we perhaps all queer?
Leonardo Peskin
CHAPTER 5. Queering psychoanalysis: from a queer Freud to a trans Lacan
Patricia Gherovici
CHAPTER 6. Trans-identities: epistemological problems, binary logic, and the analyst?s disphoria.
Nicolas Evzonas
PART 3. THE ANALYST DIVERSITY - LISTENING IN THE ANALYTICAL SESSION
This part focuses on the analyst's position, including countertransference, listening in the session, and the analyst's own internal diversity.
INTRODUCTION.
Alejandra Vertzner Marucco
CHAPTER 7. Diversity and countertransference.
Claudio Laks Eizirik
CHAPTER 8. Listening to and enduring the polymorphous.
Yago Franco
CHAPTER 9. Listening to the Rokitansky Syndrome.
Andrea Ikonicoff
PART 4. REVISITING PATRIARCHY - MYTHS AND BELIEFS
This part approaches the role of patriarchy in the construction of subjectivity as well as in the relationship between the sexes. It includes its impact on the construction of theories.
INTRODUCTION.
Analia Wald
CHAPTER 10. Patriarchy revisited through Afro-Brazilian religions.
Alice Becker Lewkowicz
CHAPTER 11. Reviewing patriarchy: myths and beliefs.
Isidoro Vegh
CHAPTER 12. The Tiresias blow or, the use of phallocentric resistance in the analytical field.
Marco Posadas
PART 5. GENDER VIOLENCE - ANGST FACING UNCERTAINTY
In this part different authors refer to gender violence and its meanings, from the individual and collective point of view, regarding sexual difference. A contemporary legal point of view is included.
INTRODUCTION.
Luisa Acrich
CHAPTER 13. "Macha" Violence.
Fernando Orduz
CHAPTER 14. Violence(s) and intolerance to the feminine: between singular and plural scenarios.
Patricia Alkolombre
CHAPTER 15. Violence and difference.
Javier Garcia Castineiras
PART 6. IDENTITY, GENDER, AND SUBJECTIVITY
This part presents different thoughts related to the concept of identity in psychoanalysis, including its relation to gender, subjectivity, and sexuality. It also discusses the distinction between identity and difference.
Introduction.
Maria Cristina Fulco
CHAPTER 16. Identity, gender and subjectivity.
Luis Hornstein
CHAPTER 17. Binary or different?
Julio Moreno
CHAPTER 18. Constructing identities - a proposal.
Teresa Lartigue
CHAPTER 19. Metapsychological thoughts on infancy focusing on contemporary identity issues.
Mara Sverdlik
CHAPTER 20. Trans/adolescences - a brief communication.
Sergio Lewkowicz