Jahrbuch der Psychoanalyse: Band 45

Editorial der Herausgeber

Klinischer Beitrag:

• Lisbeth Klöß-Rotmann: Adhäsive Identifizierung und psychische Veränderung Buy article

Karl-Abraham-Vorlesung:

• James M. Herzog: Vatersehnsucht in der Entwicklung und der analytische Spielraum Buy article

Wolfgang-Loch-Gedächtnisvorlesung:

• Lore Schacht: Die Fähigkeit überrascht zu sein

Beiträge zur angewandten Psychoanalyse:

• Erika Hartmann: Käthe Kollwitz: Mutter mit totem Kind Buy article
• Helmut H. Luft: Prosperos stürmischer Abschied. Die Problematik von Altern und Rückzug in Shakespeares letztem Schauspiel ›Der Sturm‹
  Abstract

  Based on his clinical studies on specific problems of older people, the author examines Shakespeare’s final play The Tempest for related latent meanings. The metaphors of the storm, of the shipwreck, the cycle of the elements, allude to the life crisis of aging. The body’s biological decline, frailty, transitoriness and weakening of mental faculties, as well as taking leave of one’s profession, power and social influence, were specific themes that Shakespeare had already dealt with in earlier comedies and tragedies. In The Tempest the different threats are warded off by Prospero through avoidance, denial, reversal into the opposite as well as grandiose narcissistic fantasies of omnipotence and immortality. The structures of defense are shaken in a key dramatic scene where Prospero becomes conscious of his own transience. The dramatic turning point leads to a range of diverse and contradictory emotions and attitudes: Besides persisting strategies of defense and the well-known leniency and forgiveness, the feelings of hurt pride, of rage and wishes for revenge that have been warded off come to the fore. After that, progressive change and the recognition of certain facts of life become possible. The specific tasks and needs described by the author in the life crisis of aging, such as looking back on one’s life, coming to terms with previous identities and taking stock with a self-critical view, as well as the question of guilt and reparation wishes, are presented with their inherent conflictual nature and ambivalence in the case of Prospero as an example. Their significance for the crisis in Shakespeare’s life and creativity, and for this stage of life as such, becomes recognizable in this, Shakespeare’s drama.
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Beiträge zur Geschichte der Psychoanalyse:

• Gerhard Fichtner: »Omne animal post coitum triste«. Die Herkunft eines Sprichwortes und seine Verwendung bei Freud Buy article
• Michael Schröter: Die »Eitingon-Kommission« (1927-1929) und ihr Entwurf einheitlicher Ausbildungsrichtlinien für die IPV Buy article