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ON SOUNDS, CHILDREN, IDENTITY AND A‘QUITE UNMUSICAL’MAN
Author(s) -
Sabbadini Andrea
Publication year - 1997
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/j.1752-0118.1997.tb00371.x
Subject(s) - psychology , psychoanalytic theory , creativity , identity (music) , subject (documents) , context (archaeology) , ambivalence , psychoanalysis , aesthetics , social psychology , art , history , library science , computer science , archaeology
In this article I explore, in the context of general psychoanalytic considerations about creativity, the specific place of music in human development. With reference to early auditory experiences, I emphasize the central place that sounds occupy in the formation of a child's separate identity. My thoughts on this subject also give me the opportunity for looking at some aspects of the complex relationship between music and psychoanalysis ‐ two exquisitely auditory experiences ‐ and for providing a historical review of Freud's own ambivalent attitude to music.