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Constructions Revisited: W innicott, D eleuze and G uattari, F reud
Author(s) -
AbouRihan Fadi
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
british journal of psychotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1752-0118
pISSN - 0265-9883
DOI - 10.1111/bjp.12127
Subject(s) - representation (politics) , psychoanalytic theory , object (grammar) , psychology , generative grammar , subject (documents) , psychoanalysis , linguistics , computer science , philosophy , world wide web , political science , law , politics
In this paper, I argue that construction is not merely a tool amongst the many that are at the clinician's disposal; construction is the very means and end of the psychoanalytic experience. I reinterpret F reud's classic notion in light of the W innicottian found object and the D eleuzo‐ G uattarian understanding of desire as production. I then go on to deploy two detailed clinical vignettes in order to show how, thus reinterpreted, construction is at its most valuable when it is generative rather than historical. Instead of merely eliciting an accurate representation of a lost experience, construction brings about further associations, interpretations and, indeed, constructions that reshape the subject.