'The Telescoping of Generations' is an original perspective on the nature of narcissism, exploring how the traumatic experiences of previous generations influence the mechanisms involved in the transmission of narcissistic links.

"The Telescoping of Generations" is an original perspective on the transmission of narcissistic links between generations. This attention to unconscious transmission gives fresh understanding of the psychic consequences of experiences such as genocide and terrorism. Reviving classic psychoanalytical concepts with fresh meaning, Haydee Faimberg demonstrates how narcissistic links that pass between generations can be unfolded in the intimacy of the session, through engagement with the patient's private language. The surprising clinical cases described in this book led the author to recognise the analyst's narcissistic resistances to hearing what the patient does say, and what the patient cannot say. Psychoanalysts and psychotherapists treating adults and children, family therapists and those with an interest in cultural studies, will all find "The Telescoping of Generations "relevant to their work.

The Telescoping of Generations
'Listening to Listening'
Repetition and Surprise
The Countertransference Position and the Countertransference
The Narcissistic Dimension of the Oedipal Configuration
The Oedipus Myth Revisited
'Listening to Listening' and Apres-Coup
Misunderstanding and Psychic Truths
Narcissistic Discourse as a Resistance to Psychoanalytic Listening
Apres-Coup
'The Snark was a Boojum'.