Description
What do children dream of?
Book summary
This collective essay, coordinated by several authors and published by Ned Ediciones, delves into the enigma of children's dreams from a Lacanian psychoanalytic perspective. The work revisits classic clinical cases such as those of Little Hans and the Wolf Man, which led Freud to reformulate his theories, and analyzes them in light of Jacques Lacan's later teaching. The reader will find a rigorous analysis of how children's dreams reveal the subject's complex relationship with the real unconscious, exploring the brilliance of the mystery of the speaking body.
What is it about?
The book begins with a clinical case detailed by Jacques-Alain Miller, that of Sandy, a girl whose nightmare does not crystallize into a phobia thanks to the constant presence of her substitute mother, Anneliese. Based on this example, the work examines how clinical experience forced Freud to modify his initial theses on children's dreams. Fundamental milestones such as the dreams of Little Hans and the Wolf Man are analyzed, demonstrating that these are not mere wishes, but landmarks in the temporality of the unconscious. Lacan's later teaching, centered on the real unconscious, allows us to situate what is at stake in that brilliance that emanates from the mystery of the speaking body, offering a new understanding of childhood subjectivity.
Main themes
- The real unconscious in the later teaching of Jacques Lacan.
- Revision of children's dreams in Freud's work (Little Hans, Wolf Man).
- Phobia as a clinical structure and its relationship with dreams.
- The speaking body and the mystery of subjectivity.
- The temporality of the subject and the unconscious in childhood.
Who is it recommended for?
It is aimed at psychoanalysts, clinical psychologists, students of psychology and philosophy, as well as readers interested in Lacanian psychoanalysis and in the deep understanding of childhood and dreams from an advanced theoretical perspective.
What this book offers
- A renewed reading of classic Freudian cases in light of later Lacanian theory.
- Keys to understanding the concept of the real unconscious and its manifestation in children's dreams.
- A detailed analysis of phobia as a clinical phenomenon based on a contemporary case.
- Conceptual tools for professionals working with childhood subjectivity.
Technical data
- Author: Various authors
- Publisher: Ned Ediciones
- Language: Spanish
- Topic: States of consciousness
- Collection: Huellas y señales
- Binding: Paperback
- Date of publication: May 2017
- Number of pages: 242
- Weight: 340 g
Editorial assessment
This is a specialized work that offers a significant contribution to the field of Lacanian psychoanalysis. Its value lies in the articulation of historical clinical cases with Lacan's most recent theoretical developments, making it an essential read for those seeking to delve into the clinic of childhood and the status of the dream as a formation of the real unconscious. The inclusion of the Sandy case, commented on by Jacques-Alain Miller, provides clinical material of great contemporary interest.