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Our analytic heritage: ideals and idealizations.

R C Simons1

  • 1University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver.

Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association
|January 1, 1990
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Psychoanalytic ideals guide progress, but idealizations can hinder change. Both clinging to the past and overenthusiasm for new ideas act as resistances to psychoanalytic development.

Area of Science:

  • Psychoanalysis
  • Psychology
  • Sociology

Background:

  • Psychoanalytic ideals are crucial for maintaining historical continuity and future direction.
  • Idealizations, often arising from new discoveries, can impede progress.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the relationship between ideals and idealizations within the American Psychoanalytic Association.
  • To understand how these concepts influence psychoanalytic education, practice, and research.

Main Methods:

  • Conceptual analysis of psychoanalytic theory.
  • Examination of the American Psychoanalytic Association's historical aims and development.

Main Results:

  • Idealizations can manifest as resistance to change, either through rigid adherence to past doctrines or uncritical acceptance of novelties.

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  • Both forms of idealization can obstruct creative and constructive advancements in psychoanalysis.

    • Conclusions:

    • The distinction between ideals and idealizations is critical for fostering adaptive change in psychoanalytic organizations.
    • Recognizing and managing idealizations are essential for the evolution of psychoanalytic education, practice, and research.