TY  - GEN
AU  - Mann, David W.
SN  - 0007-1129
AU  - Mann, David W.
LA  - eng
CN  - ENP-df57eeb4-9fac-4294-a28f-fe064f9b36e6
TI  - Ownership: a pathography of the self
PY  - 1991
AB  - With this essay I intend to base a theory of psychodynamics on the concept of ownership. I begin with the crucial but negative notion, unconsciousness, exploring certain ways in which this notion is necessary to any psychodynamic theory. Following Havens (1986), I take the concept of self as supraordinate to the elements of psychoanalytic structural theory. Building upon a unique relationship between the self and the unconscious, I then show that variations in self-ownership suffice to generate the gamut of psychopathological situations. I critique the economic aspect of Freudian psychodynamic theory, suggesting a way to improve upon it. In light of the theory thus elaborated, I examine the problem of deliberate suffering. Finally, I suggest a place of special importance for the present theory in psychoanalysis and psychiatry.
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