Jahrbuch der Psychoanalyse

This paper argues that the distinction between the dynamic and the descriptive unconscious is in danger of being lost and indicates some of the practical, clinical consequences of this loss. It does so against the background of Freud’s own...

In further elaboration of her revised drive theory (briefly summarised here), the author develops the economical and structural-theoretical conditions of the unconscious. The focus is on the quantitative and qualitative aspects of the two opposing...

Winnicott was commited to the unconscious as an essential aspect of psychoanalytic theory and practice though he neither elaborated his use nor provided definitions for the term. He argues for the development of the unconscious as one strand of the...