Practice and Praxis: Psychoanalysis as an Act of Love.
Psychoanal Q
; 93(2): 219-248, 2024.
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ABSTRACT
The concept of praxis in psychoanalysis includes the way clinical practice embodies the values on which psychoanalysis is founded. As psychoanalysis evolved from a medical treatment to a process of open-ended psychic development, its underlying values evolved as well. Free-floating attention has many facets, shown in the variety of names given to it. From being a means to an end clinically, it became an implicit statement about the human value of the person being attended to. Clinical vignettes, contributions from philosophers, and examples from literature converge around the idea that the unreserved openness of free-floating attention amounts to an act of love. It is underpinned by the values, which are also virtues, of hope, and faith in the possibility of good; it can also be seen, in non-religious terms, as a form of prayer.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Psicanálise
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Terapia Psicanalítica
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Amor
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Psychoanal Q
Ano de publicação:
2024
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Article
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos