The richness of Fairbairn's work is demonstrated in a series of essays offering a unique exploration of the application of his concepts to diverse areas ranging from philosophy to psychopathology. This volume opens with an examination of the origins and relevance of Fairbairn's ideas and subsequently turns to the application of his theory to the st
Introduction -- The Origins and Relevance of Fairbairn's Contribution --
A contemporary exploration of the contributions of W. R. D. Fairbairn --
Freud and Fairbairn: continuities and discontinuities -- Why is Fairbairn
relevant todaya modernist/postmodernist view -- Fairbairn's Theory Applied
-- The problem of melancholia in the work of Fairbairn -- Metapsychology of
hysteria: from Freud to Fairbairn and beyond -- Fairbairn's philosophic and
pragmatic appeal -- Dreams and Aesthetics -- Fairbairn, dreaming, and the
aesthetic experience -- Artistic process, dream process, and psychoanalytic
process: Fairbairnian links -- The Future of Fairbairn's Contribution --
Endopsychic structures, psychic retreats, and "fantasying": the pathological
"third area" of the psyche -- Towards a theory of the self: Fairbairn and
beyond -- Fairbairn and the self as an organized system: chaos theory as a
new paradigm -- Fairbairn and the problem of agency
Pereira, Frederico
