The Negative

A Contemporary Introduction
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-40386-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 136 Seiten, Format (B × H): 129 mm x 198 mm

Reihe: Routledge Introductions to Contemporary Psychoanalysis

In this comprehensive book, Rakefet Efrat Holzer explores the concept of the negative from psychoanalytic, linguistic and philosophical perspectives.

Efrat Holzer provides a thorough exploration of how negation operates in psychoanalysis and beyond through a systematic examination of its philosophical origins with Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel through Sigmund Freud's foundational insights to André Green's theoretical framework. The book illuminates both destructive and creative dimensions of the negative, exploring concepts such as negative capability, transitional objects and negative hallucination. By weaving together philosophy, psychoanalysis, linguistics, poetry and literature, Efrat Holzer delivers theoretical insights alongside clinical applications, demonstrating how the negative can shape human development, thought processes and therapeutic practice.

This book is essential reading for psychoanalysts, practitioners and trainees in psychiatry, psychotherapy and social work as well as students and researchers interested in psychoanalytic theory.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional, Professional Practice & Development, Professional Reference, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Efrat Holzer, Rakefet

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Philosophie: Allgemeines, Methoden
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Psychoanalyse (S. Freud)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Logic of Negation 2.  Hegel: A Philosophy of Negativity 3. Freud on Negation 4. Winnicott: The Negative Side of Relations 5.  Bion: The Realm of the Minus 6. André Green: The Work of the Negative

Über Autor(innen)

Rakefet Efrat Holzer is a researcher at the Tel Aviv Institute for Contemporary Psychoanalysis, Israel.