Series: The International Psychoanalytical Association Contemporary Freud: Turning Points and Critical Issues Series

This volume contains Freud's essay Creative Writers and Day-dreaming, which explores the origins of daydreaming, and its relation to the play of children and the creative process. Each contributor offers an insightful commentary on the essay.

This book includes the development of the concept of "splitting" from both metapsychological and clinical perspectives, emphasizing the great importance of this topic for contemporary psychoanalysis. Starting with the history of the concept, the book covers recent French, English and Latin American theorizations on the theme. In regard to clinical approaches, it presents the relationship between "splitting" and complex clinical...