Considerations on Giuseppe Civitarese’s paper "On the concept of intersubjectivity in psychoanalysis"

Journal title PSICOTERAPIA E SCIENZE UMANE
Author/s Filippo Maria Ferro, Giuseppe Riefolo
Publishing Year 2023 Issue 2023/3
Language Italian Pages 14 P. 399-412 File size 71 KB
DOI 10.3280/PU2023-003003
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In dialogue with the paper by Civitarese (2023), some reflections are suggested. Inter- subjectivity shifts the focus of psychoanalytic interest from the subject to the “intersubject”. Psy- choanalytic interest, therefore, moves from a study of phenomena toward a continuously unstable and fluid process. Such a process identifies fields and no more tòpoi in which it can organize itself. Our reflection seeks to emphasize the suggestions of Civitarese and, above all, is oriented toward underlining the three levels of intersubjectivity as proposed by Infant Research, prelimi- nary to the more radical positions of Stolorow’s group, and then of Jessica Benjamin and of Ogden. Intersubjectivity necessarily identifies a third type of unconscious, which is not only dy- namic and pre-reflexive, but above all not validated. Finally, enactments, by disengaging action from acting-out, assume a function of creative evolution in the therapeutic process.

Keywords: Intersubjectivity; Unconscious; Psychoanalytic field; Enactment; Analytic neutrality

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Filippo Maria Ferro, Giuseppe Riefolo, Considerazioni sull’articolo di Giuseppe Civitarese "Sul concetto di intersoggettività in psicoanalisi" in "PSICOTERAPIA E SCIENZE UMANE" 3/2023, pp 399-412, DOI: 10.3280/PU2023-003003