The Importance of Fathers: A Psychoanalytic Re-evaluationIt is widely acknowledged that children need structure, security, stability and attachment to develop and flourish, and that the father is an important part of this. Issues such as high divorce rates, new family structures, increased mobility, women's liberation and contraception are very common in society. This book sets out to explore what has happened to men and to fathers during all these changes and transitions. Judith Trowell and Alicia Etchegoyen, along with an array of renowned contributors, consider the importance of fathers in various situations, including:
It is argued that the father is important, not only to support the main carer (usually the mother) but also to provide a caring, thinking, comfortable, confident presence. |
Contents
Setting the scene | 3 |
Psychoanalytic ideas about fathers | 20 |
the role | 45 |
from boy to man to father | 67 |
Letting fathers in | 93 |
the AtheneAntigone complex | 107 |
Grandfathers | 119 |
reflections from infant observation | 131 |
hope and disappointment | 147 |
Fathers and the transgenerational impact of loss | 161 |
Identification and disidentification in the development | 186 |
The adoptive father | 203 |
Fathers and disability | 222 |
Concluding comments | 243 |
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The Importance of Fathers: A Psychoanalytic Re-evaluation Alicia Etchegoyen,Judith Trowell Limited preview - 2005 |
Common terms and phrases
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