Jahrbuch der Psychoanalyse / Band 62

English summary: Since Freud introduced the concept of a death drive in 1920, it seems to have influenced the intense discussion about the phenomena which Freud attempted to express with this. On the one hand, his ideas on this have been expanded and rendered clinically productive, and on the other hand they have been rejected, or in other words a different understanding of repetition compulsion was developed in comparison to that of Freud. This volume sheds light on aspects of the...
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English summary: Since Freud introduced the concept of a death drive in 1920, it seems to have influenced the intense discussion about the phenomena which Freud attempted to express with this. On the one hand, his ideas on this have been expanded and rendered clinically productive, and on the other hand they have been rejected, or in other words a different understanding of repetition compulsion was developed in comparison to that of Freud. This volume sheds light on aspects of the current discussion from various perspectives, for example that of the philosopher C. Turcke, the winner of the Sigmund Freud Cultural Award in 2009 as well as that of the psychoanalyst J. Danckwardt, whose Wolfgang Loch lecture given at the presentation of the Wolfgang Loch Prize in 2010 is reprinted in this volume. Whereas the focus is on theoretical issues in the articles written by E. Lochel and C. Kirchhoff, clinical issues are also in discussed in the articles written by H. Hinz and C. Frank on the basis of case studies. The volume also includes an essay on C. Turcke's last book, written by E. Th. Haas, as well as the Karl Abraham lecture by F. Busch. German description: Seit Freud das Konzept eines Todestriebes 1920 einfuhrte, scheint die oft heftig gefuhrte Diskussion von den Phanomenen, die Freud damit zu fassen versuchte, mitgepragt. Seine Uberlegungen wurden dabei einerseits weiterentwickelt und auch klinisch fruchtbar gemacht, andererseits verworfen bzw. ein - im Vergleich zu Freud - andersartiges Verstandnis des Wiederholungszwangs ausgearbeitet. Der vorliegende Band beleuchtet Aspekte der derzeitigen Diskussion aus den verschiedensten Richtungen, u.a. der des Philosophen C. Turcke, dem Preistrager des Sigmund-Freud-Kulturpreises 2009, sowie der des Psychoanalytikers J. Danckwardt, dessen Wolfgang-Loch-Vorlesung anlasslich der Verleihung des Wolfgang-Loch-Preises 2010 hier abgedruckt wird. Wahrend theoretische Fragen in den Beitragen von E. Lochel und C. Kirchhoff im Vordergrund stehen, werden in den Arbeiten von H. Hinz und C. Frank anhand von Fallbeispielen auch klinische Fragen erortert. Ein Buchessay zu C. Turckes letztem Buch durch E. Th. Haas sowie die Karl-Abraham-Vorlesung von F. Busch runden den Band ab.