Otto F. Kernberg
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300101393
- eISBN:
- 9780300128369
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300101393.003.0014
- Subject:
- Psychology, Social Psychology
This chapter looks at validation and tries to present a basic theory that involves a theoretical framework for confirming interpretive interventions that consider succeeding changes within a patient. ...
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This chapter looks at validation and tries to present a basic theory that involves a theoretical framework for confirming interpretive interventions that consider succeeding changes within a patient. It first explains the dominant object relationship and countertransference, which is understood as the total emotional reaction of the analyst to the patient. From here the validation of an interpretation is discussed, before the chapter presents a session with a neurotic patient that shows how these ideas can be found in practice.Less
This chapter looks at validation and tries to present a basic theory that involves a theoretical framework for confirming interpretive interventions that consider succeeding changes within a patient. It first explains the dominant object relationship and countertransference, which is understood as the total emotional reaction of the analyst to the patient. From here the validation of an interpretation is discussed, before the chapter presents a session with a neurotic patient that shows how these ideas can be found in practice.
Jan R. Stenger
- Published in print:
- 2022
- Published Online:
- February 2022
- ISBN:
- 9780198869788
- eISBN:
- 9780191912481
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780198869788.003.0006
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, Asian and Middle Eastern History: BCE to 500CE, European History: BCE to 500CE
This chapter considers ideas on the process and outcomes of self-formation in Macrobius, Themistius, Gregory of Nyssa, and Boethius. Taking inspiration from notions of Bildung developed by German ...
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This chapter considers ideas on the process and outcomes of self-formation in Macrobius, Themistius, Gregory of Nyssa, and Boethius. Taking inspiration from notions of Bildung developed by German idealism, it shows that these authors conceptualized the process of self-cultivation as a transformative and constructive engagement of the subject with the objective world. They dismissed the common idea that education was a receptive process leading to the acquisition of knowledge and skills. Instead, they proposed that, for formation in the truest sense to take place, it was essential that the individual embraced an object that was different, something ‘other’, yet without alienating him/herself. They suggested that during this engagement the subject at the same time constructs the object (the external world) and develops him/herself with the goal of perfection. Human fulfilment as the essence of formation was seen not as an autonomous activity but meant establishing a meaningful relationship between the human subject and the world outside. These educational theories were essentially theories about what it meant to be human and how to embody this humanity in the fullest sense.Less
This chapter considers ideas on the process and outcomes of self-formation in Macrobius, Themistius, Gregory of Nyssa, and Boethius. Taking inspiration from notions of Bildung developed by German idealism, it shows that these authors conceptualized the process of self-cultivation as a transformative and constructive engagement of the subject with the objective world. They dismissed the common idea that education was a receptive process leading to the acquisition of knowledge and skills. Instead, they proposed that, for formation in the truest sense to take place, it was essential that the individual embraced an object that was different, something ‘other’, yet without alienating him/herself. They suggested that during this engagement the subject at the same time constructs the object (the external world) and develops him/herself with the goal of perfection. Human fulfilment as the essence of formation was seen not as an autonomous activity but meant establishing a meaningful relationship between the human subject and the world outside. These educational theories were essentially theories about what it meant to be human and how to embody this humanity in the fullest sense.
Ian Bogost
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- August 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780816678976
- eISBN:
- 9781452948447
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Minnesota Press
- DOI:
- 10.5749/minnesota/9780816678976.003.0002
- Subject:
- Philosophy, General
This chapter discusses ontography as a name for a general inscriptive strategy, one that uncovers the repleteness of units and their interobjectivity. From the viewpoint of metaphysics, ontography ...
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This chapter discusses ontography as a name for a general inscriptive strategy, one that uncovers the repleteness of units and their interobjectivity. From the viewpoint of metaphysics, ontography involves the revelation of object relationships without necessarily offering clarification or description of any kind. Ontography can take the form of a compendium, a record of things juxtaposed to demonstrate their overlap and imply interaction through collocation. The simple approach to such recording is the list. Ontography is an aesthetic set theory, in which a particular configuration is celebrated merely on the basis of its existence. A truly deliberate specimen of inventory ontography can be found in the Brazilian bossa nova. “Waters of March” does real ontological work.Less
This chapter discusses ontography as a name for a general inscriptive strategy, one that uncovers the repleteness of units and their interobjectivity. From the viewpoint of metaphysics, ontography involves the revelation of object relationships without necessarily offering clarification or description of any kind. Ontography can take the form of a compendium, a record of things juxtaposed to demonstrate their overlap and imply interaction through collocation. The simple approach to such recording is the list. Ontography is an aesthetic set theory, in which a particular configuration is celebrated merely on the basis of its existence. A truly deliberate specimen of inventory ontography can be found in the Brazilian bossa nova. “Waters of March” does real ontological work.
Stephen Rose
- Published in print:
- 2021
- Published Online:
- November 2021
- ISBN:
- 9780190943899
- eISBN:
- 9780190943929
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780190943899.003.0002
- Subject:
- Music, History, Western
Bach’s music is often interpreted as transcending the material conditions of everyday life. This chapter, by contrast, argues that Bach scholarship could be enriched via approaches taken from the ...
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Bach’s music is often interpreted as transcending the material conditions of everyday life. This chapter, by contrast, argues that Bach scholarship could be enriched via approaches taken from the study of material culture. It places Bach within the vibrant consumer culture of early-eighteenth-century Leipzig, exploring his postmortem inventory and his keyboard publications in the context of how the town’s bourgeoisie used material goods to show their status and identity. It investigates Bach’s printed and manuscript music in terms of the social practices surrounding these material artifacts. Finally, the chapter relates Bach’s working practices to debates about the interplay of human and material agency. It discusses how he experimented with the material characteristics of instruments such as organs, and analyzes his compositional practice as an interaction between player-composer and contrapuntal materials.Less
Bach’s music is often interpreted as transcending the material conditions of everyday life. This chapter, by contrast, argues that Bach scholarship could be enriched via approaches taken from the study of material culture. It places Bach within the vibrant consumer culture of early-eighteenth-century Leipzig, exploring his postmortem inventory and his keyboard publications in the context of how the town’s bourgeoisie used material goods to show their status and identity. It investigates Bach’s printed and manuscript music in terms of the social practices surrounding these material artifacts. Finally, the chapter relates Bach’s working practices to debates about the interplay of human and material agency. It discusses how he experimented with the material characteristics of instruments such as organs, and analyzes his compositional practice as an interaction between player-composer and contrapuntal materials.
