Memory and anilytical writing

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In this book, in which seven clinical vignettes are presented, the author reflects on the links between clinical experience and the practice of analytical writing, “[…] following in the footsteps of other psychoanalysts – particularly Freud, who gifted us with brilliant works – uses writing to represent and explore the analytical space, where a diversity of psychic experiences illustrative of the dynamics of the analytical field take place. […]” . Proposes the concept of analytical capacity, reflects on the importance of memory in the reconstruction of the subject, conceptualizes three conceptions of memory, as well as its relations with subjectivity and addresses memory disorders in childhood and adolescence, and their sequelae in adult life. In this work he analyzes the relationship between psychoanalysis and literature, as well as Freud’s inspiring relationship with writers, illustrating with a biographical-poetic-psychoanalytic study on the poet António Vera. The multiple identities, which emerged in the context of globalization, are reflected in a final essay on narcissism and otherness.