Povratak u budućnost - osnove savremene teorije analitičkog polja

Abstract

The concept of an analytic field emerged as a result of the research of a relational vertex in psychoanalysis in the sixties of the twentieth century by French-Argentine analysts, Madeleine and Willy Baranger. The authors came to the conclusion that the analytical dyad creates a field, which consists of two people that are inevitably linked and complementary in the analytical situation and involved in individual dynamic processes. From this perspective, the object of study is not the patient itself, nor the relationship with the analyst, but the field of the analytical situation as a product of unique phenomena and pathologies. Field theory is, in its essence, "weak theory" because it contains a large space for change, with the awareness of the transience and fascination with the new and unknown. In short, field theory is a fluid theory that is struggling to change, and as such it was a good ground for fertilization with complex Bion's ideas, especially among Italian psychoanalysts. Plurality of language in field theory has allowed dialogue between heterogeneous analysts, offering itself different perspectives of contemporary psychoanalysis, putting emphasis on the elements of dreaming, narration, and deconstruction of psychoanalytic discourse. Characteristics that emerge after the interpretation signal their understanding and pave the way for the next in terms of its (un) saturation and facilitation -contributing to psychic change. Haydee Faimberg linked the function of analytic listening to Freud's concept of Nachträglichkeit, which she defined as the subsequent giving of meaning and derived the concept of "listening to listening". The attribute of "weak" theory can very easily be transformed in the field into a "hard" practice, because it inflicts narcissistic wounds to analysts, disrupting the sense of omnipotence and self-sufficiency. The fantasy created in the bi-personal field becomes autonomous, has its own laws of functioning and is independent of conscious and rational control. An analyst can't become a passive observer of what is happening and which frustrates him occasionally but must take a "second look".