Denegating pact and unconscious alliances. Elements of an intersubjective metapsychology

Journal title INTERAZIONI
Author/s René Kaës
Publishing Year 2026 Issue 2026/1
Language Italian Pages 15 P. 15-29 File size 56 KB
DOI 10.3280/INT2026-001002
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Unconscious alliances are made of intersubjective links in the shapes of the narcissistic contract, of the denegating pact, of the community of common denial. They take part into the formation of repression, the repressed and the return of the repressed: by this, they are costituant of the intrapsychic space and subjectivity. The alliance binds the unconsciouses: it is itself unconscious.

Keywords: unconscious alliances, denegating pact, link, intersubjectivity, metapsychology.

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René Kaës, Patto denegativo e alleanze inconsce. Elementi di metapsicologia intersoggettiva (1994) in "INTERAZIONI" 1/2026, pp 15-29, DOI: 10.3280/INT2026-001002