Permission to Narrate: Explorations in Group Analysis, Psychoanalysis, Culture

169 Pages·2016·0.888 MB·English

by  Martin Weegmann

PERMISSION TO NARRATE

PERMISSION TO NARRATE
Explorations in Group Analysis,
Psychoanalysis, Culture
Martin Weegmann
First published in 2016 by
Karnac Books Ltd
118 Finchley Road
London NW3 5HT
Copyright © 2016 by Martin Weegmann
The right of Martin Weegmann to be identified as the author of this work has
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To Daniel and Mark, for everything, always … .

CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ix
ABOUT THE AUTHOR xi
FOREWORD xiii
by Edward J. Khantzian
INTRODUCTION xix
CHAPTER ONE
The rhetorical ground of group analysis 1
CHAPTER TWO
Taking position: what groups do we bring? 19
CHAPTER THREE
Remembering monsters 35
CHAPTER FOUR
“Naught but a story to tell”: Alcoholics Anonymous 57
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CHAPTER FIVE
Revolutionary subjects, bodies, and crowds 67
CHAPTER SIX
Psychoanalytic fascinations: my seven Freuds … . 81
CHAPTER SEVEN
Discipline anxiety—time for paradigm change
in group analysis? 99
EPILOGUE 115
GLOSSARY 117
REFERENCES 121
INDEX 139
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
For their encouragement and feedback, my heartfelt thanks to:
Rachel Cohen, Liesel Hearst, Hubert Hermans, Edward Khantzian,
Morris Nitsun, Malcolm Pines, Alistair Sweet, David Winter, and to
members of the “Readers and Writers Group” (2015)—Jale Cilasun,
Monica Doran, Ryan Kemp, Lawrence Ladden, Kevin Power.
Appreciation to the Wellcome Library, London, for its incredible world
of learning.
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