Psychoanalytic Perspectives on the Shadow of the Parent: Mythology, History, Politics and Art PDF
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Psychoanalytic Perspectives on the Shadow of the Parent Psychoanalytic Perspectives on the Shadow of the Parent explores the psychological challenges faced by the offspring of either famous or notorious parents. B eginning with parental legacies found in mythology and the Bible, the book presents a series of case studies drawn from a range of narrative contexts, selecting personalities drawn from history, politics, psychoanalysis and literature, all viewed from an analytic perspective. The concluding section focuses on the manifestation of this parental shadow within the fi eld of fi ne art, as written by artists themselves. This is a lively and varied collection from a fascinating range of contributors. It provides readers with a new understanding of family history, trauma and reckoning screened through a psychoanalytic perspective, and will appeal to psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, counsellors and anyone interested in the dynamics of the family. Jonathan Burke is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist working in private practice in the UK. He previously edited T he Topic of Cancer: New Perspectives on the Emotional Experience of Cancer (Karnac, 2013). Psychoanalytic Perspectives on the Shadow of the Parent Mythology, History, Politics and Art Edited by Jonathan Burke First published 2019 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN and by Routledge 52 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY 10017 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 2019 selection and editorial matter, Jonathan Burke; individual chapters, the contributors The right of Jonathan Burke to be identified as the author of the editorial material, and of the authors for their individual chapters, has been asserted in accordance with sections 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice : Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record for this book has been requested ISBN: 978-1-138-32295-0 (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-78220-547-0 (pbk) ISBN: 978-0-429-45170-6 (ebk) Typeset in Times New Roman by Apex CoVantage, LLC To my parents, Jack and Marie Burke Contents About the editor and contributors x Foreword xv MARGOT WADDELL Preface: a hard act to follow xviii JONATHAN BURKE Introduction 1 JONATHAN BURKE PART I Perspectives 5 In the Bible 7 1 In the shadow of violence: Isaac and Abraham 9 STEPHEN FROSH In Greek mythology and opera 21 2 Hard acts hard to follow: Sophocles, Hofmannsthal, Strauss and Elektra 23 CHRISTOPHER WINTLE In Shakespeare 41 3 Under the shadow of silence: on speechless love in King Lear 43 STEVEN GROARKE 4 “Madness, yet there’s method in it”: the shadow of the doctor in Hamlet’s mirror 58 PAUL HERITAGE viii Contents PART II ‘I’-witness accounts 71 In psychoanalysis 73 5 ‘Derealization’: in the shadow of the son 75 FAYE CAREY 6 Her mother’s footsteps 93 MARION BOWER 7 A tragic inheritance: the irresolvable confl ict for children of perpetrators 105 COLINE COVINGTON 8 Making my way out of the shadow into the sun: a painful confrontation with my past 127 MARTIN MILLER In socio-political life 143 9 Closed doors 145 SYLVIA PASKIN – WITH CODA BY SARA COLLINS 10 Kafka: ‘parental superiority’ as the act that feels hard to follow 161 STEVEN MENDOZA In philosophy 177 11 Attachment and doubt in the work of Stanley Cavell 179 ROBBIE DUSCHINSKY AND SERENA MESSINA In religion and family life 193 12 The eye begins to see: personal refl ections on a fragmented father–son relationship, and other related matters 195 HOWARD COOPER Reflections in fine art 209 13 Shadow, colour, glass: the family I knew and the family I never knew 211 ARDYN HALTER Contents ix 14 Paddle your own canoe: negotiating the shadows 223 JANE MCADAM FREUD Index 243
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