WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE SUPEREGO? Loewald and the Future of Psychoanalysis

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  • Elliot L. Jurist
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This article explores the diminished role of the superego in contemporary psychoanalysis, and it focuses on Loewald’s perspective on the superego as original and as a possible way to rethink the meaning of the concept. Loewald saw the superego as representing the modality of the future; so, it beckons us forward and ought not be construed as merely critical. I also argue that Loewald’s perspective on the superego anticipates the emerging literatures on mentalization (especially mentalized affectivity) and autobiographical memory.

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تاریخ انتشار 2014