Competition and postural confrontation in life, sports, and psychoanalytic treatment--illustrated clinically and in relation to Vladimir Nabokov.
The importance of the emotions that can be evoked by (face-to-face and face-to-back) postural and visual contrapositions in life and in psychoanalysis-and specifically in relation to sports and games-is delineated and illustrated in clinical and literary material. The latter features aspects of the life and works of the writer Vladimir Nabokov.
Shengold
Leonard
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New York University School of Medicine, USA. lsheng@worldnet.att.net
D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology*; D003163:Competitive Behavior; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D007697:Kinesics; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D009813:Oedipus Complex; D010988:Play and Playthings / Q000523:psychology; D011037:Poetry as Topic / Q000266:history; D011573:Psychoanalytic Interpretation; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D012425:Russia (Pre-1917); D013177:Sports / Q000523:psychology*; D014956:Writing / Q000266:history*