Symbolization in psychoanalysis
the processes of subjectivation and the aesthetic dimension of psychoanalysis
1st Edition
Published on 23. March 2026
304 pages
978-85-212-3090-8 (ISBN)
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Following in the footsteps of philosopher Ernst Cassirer, who described the human being as a symbolic animal, Levy takes readers on an extraordinary journey to the heart of contemporary psychoanalytic theory by examining the central role that symbolic processes-their vicissitudes, possibilities, and failures-play in psychic functioning, emotional development, the formation of the self, and the therapeutic action of the analytic process. Readers of all levels will emerge with a heightened sense of the applicability, power, and ongoing evolution of psychoanalytic theory and practice in the twenty-first century.
Howard B. Levine, MD, Editor-in-Chief
The Routledge W. R. Bion Studies Series
Howard B. Levine, MD, Editor-in-Chief
The Routledge W. R. Bion Studies Series
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Nasceu em Alexandria, no Egito, em 1952, veio com sua família para Porto Alegre, formou-se em Medicina na Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) e concluiu sua formação analítica na Sociedade Psicanalítica de Porto Alegre (SPPA), em 1995, tornando-se membro efetivo e analista didata (2002), presidente (2006-2007) e diretor do instituto (2009 a 2009). Com uma sólida cultura psicanalítica e humanística, criatividade, capacidade de trabalho, liderança, e talento para o ensino, a supervisão e a prática clínica, Ruggero tem uma exitosa trajetória. Em A simbolização na psicanálise, Ruggero Levy reúne e aprofunda seu fecundo percurso que, como seus pacientes, alunos e colegas, tenho tido o prazer e orgulho de compartilhar.
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Contents
Preface
Introduction
Part I Conceptualization of symbolic processes in psychoanalysis
1. The symbol: General aspects
2. Symbolization: Some points of contact between philosophy and psychoanalysis
3. Symbolization at the dawn of psychoanalysis
4. Towards a broader concept of symbol
5. The contemporaries: Bion, Meltzer, Winnicott, and later contributions
Part II Non-symbolizations and transformations in intimacy
6. Non-symbolizations: A metapsychological mapping of anti-symbols and "de-symbolizations"
7. The void and the prostheses-thoughts
8. The polyphony of contemporary psychoanalysis: Creating scaffolding for thinking
9. Truth and the aesthetic dimension of psychoanalysis
10. The construction of the experience of intimacy in the analytical process through aesthetic experience: Transformations in intimacy
11. An intuition of the aesthetic paradigm in Freud? Reflections on the aesthetic paradigm of psychoanalysis and on developments in metapsychology
Part III Adolescence
12. Adolescence
13. Adolescence: Symbolic reordering, the gaze, and narcissistic balance
Preface
Introduction
Part I Conceptualization of symbolic processes in psychoanalysis
1. The symbol: General aspects
2. Symbolization: Some points of contact between philosophy and psychoanalysis
3. Symbolization at the dawn of psychoanalysis
4. Towards a broader concept of symbol
5. The contemporaries: Bion, Meltzer, Winnicott, and later contributions
Part II Non-symbolizations and transformations in intimacy
6. Non-symbolizations: A metapsychological mapping of anti-symbols and "de-symbolizations"
7. The void and the prostheses-thoughts
8. The polyphony of contemporary psychoanalysis: Creating scaffolding for thinking
9. Truth and the aesthetic dimension of psychoanalysis
10. The construction of the experience of intimacy in the analytical process through aesthetic experience: Transformations in intimacy
11. An intuition of the aesthetic paradigm in Freud? Reflections on the aesthetic paradigm of psychoanalysis and on developments in metapsychology
Part III Adolescence
12. Adolescence
13. Adolescence: Symbolic reordering, the gaze, and narcissistic balance
