Volume 65 (2024), Edition 2

While in training, the author had the impression that interpretations of deep, unconscious content, unknown to the patient, and that would surprise him, was the only mutative interpretation. However, his attempt to work in this way most often lead...

This short article is divided into two parts. The first part explains how the concept of ›surprise‹ is understood in theoretical neuroscience today. The second part shows how remarkably closely the modern neuroscientific conception of the brain...

In this article, we offer some reflections on the concept of surprise by questioning its place and role in the practice of analytic processes. After discussing some elements related to the preconditions for surprise to occur in the analytic...

Bion’s concept of catastrophic change and Winnicott’s descriptions of madness and breakdown indicate experiences of fear: generally, fear that, despite being resisted all one’s life, is nevertheless the prerequisite for change and psychic...

In the story of ›Moses at the burning bush‹ (Ex 3,1–15), one of the foundational stories of the Hebrew Bible and the monotheistic tradition in general, an eminent moment of surprise is explored. A special encounter takes place between Moses,...

In his work Mord – Selbstmord oder die Bildung des Selbstbewußtseins (Murder – Suicide or the Formation of Self-Consciousness), Wolfgang Loch analysed from a primarily philosophical perspective the psychological logic of a suicidal patient who...

Phasmids are beings that are also their environment. They therefore have no boundaries or border zones to be determined. In a theoretical model, the environment would be empty, with a value of 0. If one takes DidiHuberman’s discovery as a...