| Abstract: | Spezzano replies to Tabin's 1995 review of his book Affect in Psychoanalysis (see record 1993-97622-000). Spezzano addresses Tabin's impression that he wrote the entire volume only to make the point that affects matter. He points out that the argument in the book is that not only were affects implicitly or explicitly treated as derivatives of something else in each psychoanalytic theory, but that there is a possibility of pulling elements from seemingly incompatible theories together if one assumes affects to be the foundational elements of psychological life rather than derivative. Spezzano makes several other detailed points about his views on Tabin's review of his book. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved) |
