'The Telescoping of Generations' is an original perspective on the nature
of narcissism, exploring how the traumatic experiences of previous generations
influence the mechanisms involved in the transmission of narcissistic
links."The Telescoping of Generations" is an original perspective on the
transmission of narcissistic links between generations. This attention to
unconscious transmission gives fresh understanding of the psychic consequences
of experiences such as genocide and terrorism. Reviving classic
psychoanalytical concepts with fresh meaning, Haydee Faimberg demonstrates how
narcissistic links that pass between generations can be unfolded in the
intimacy of the session, through engagement with the patient's private
language. The surprising clinical cases described in this book led the author
to recognise the analyst's narcissistic resistances to hearing what the patient
does say, and what the patient cannot say. Psychoanalysts and psychotherapists
treating adults and children, family therapists and those with an interest in
cultural studies, will all find "The Telescoping of Generations "relevant to
their work.
