Melanie Klein and Repression: an examination of some unpublished Notes of 1934.

Abstract:

:Fifteen pages of unpublished Notes were found in the Melanie Klein Archives dating from early 1934, a crucial moment in Klein's development. She was at this time, 1934, moving away from child analysis, whilst also rethinking and revising her allegiance to Karl Abraham's theory of the phases of libidinal development. These Notes, entitled "Early Repression Mechanism," show Klein struggling to develop what became her characteristic theories of the depressive position and the paranoid-schizoid position. Although these Notes are precursors of the paper Klein gave later to the IPA Congress in 1934, they also show the origins of the emphasis she and her followers eventually gave to "splitting" rather than repression. The Notes give us an insight into the way that she worked clinically at the time. We see Klein's confidence develop as she diverged from the classical theories and technique. Her ideas were based on close attention to the detail of her clinical material, rather than attacking theoretical problems directly. The Notes show her method of struggling to her own conclusions, and they offer us a chance to grasp the roots of the subsequent controversy over Kleinian thought.

journal_name

Psychoanal Hist

authors

Hinshelwood RD

doi

10.3366/pah.2006.8.1.5

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2006-01-01 00:00:00

pages

5-42

issue

1

eissn

1460-8235

issn

1755-201X

journal_volume

8

pub_type

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