The Dark Side of Motherhood: Maternal Savagery
Publisher
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Calmann-Lévy
Parution date
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1
EAN
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9782702132463
Description
La Sauvagerie maternelle exposes the dark side of maternity. For Anne Dufourmantelle, each child must endure the savage part of the mother as soon as he/she is born. What Dufourmantelle calls savagery is the archaic and pre-historic void, as well as the psychological weight that memory stores from the beginning—promises, secrets, failures, pain and joy. It is the force within the mother over which she has no control and the invisible heritage she transmits without affect or words.
This fascinating work analyzes the subconscious core of this maternal transfer and the consequences on the human psyche. Recounting sessions with her patients and adding literary references, Anne Dufourmantelle shows with eloquence the damage this "savagery" can cause when it is repressed and how it can be transformed into an incredible source of energy if tamed.
Author
Anne Dufourmantelle : A philosopher and psychoanalyst, Anne Dufourmantelle is a philosophy professor at the Ecole d’architecture UP6 La Villette in Paris. She is the author of La Vocation prophétique de la philosophie (Editions du Cerf), and Of Hospitality: Anne Dufourmantelle invites Jacques Derrida to respond (Stanford University Press, September 2000.)
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