Melanie Klein, Analyst of Adolescents: IV. The Case of “Fabien Especel”
Pages 483 to 494
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- AGOSTINI, Dominique,
- Agostini, Dominique.
- Agostini, D.
https://doi.org/10.3917/ado.052.0483
Cite this article
- Agostini, D.
- Agostini, Dominique.
- AGOSTINI, Dominique,
https://doi.org/10.3917/ado.052.0483
Having studied the cases of « Felix », « Ilse », and « Willy », which illustrate the concepts of internal objects, unconscious fantasies and the feminine phase common to both sexes, the author deals with the case of « Fabien Especel » (aged 18). This adolescent is the hero of If I Were You..., Julien Green’s fantastic novel (1947), whose internal world Klein explored in « On Identification » (1955), almost « as though he were a real patient ». The normal and pathological aspects of projective identification are developed and deepened in « On Identification », through the « analysis » of Fabien Especel.
Keywords
- schizo-paranoid position
- « excessive » and « normal » projective identification
- personification
- clinical treatment of the double
Publisher keywords: « excessive » and « normal » projective identification, clinical treatment of the double, personification, schizo-paranoid position