Tact in Psychoanalysis

Tact ◽  
2019 ◽  
pp. 142-164
Author(s):  
David Russell
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Cultural Resource ◽  
Analytic Work ◽  
Creative Life

This chapter focuses on the writings of Marion Milner. Like Eliot in her essays, Milner laments the inadequacy of cultural resource available to support a creative life; but unlike Eliot in her essays, Milner is on the lookout for new uses for vulnerability. If the resources of the strong only serve to suppress the capacities and perceptions of those who are marginalized, then what use can they be to the weak? Though the chapter considers her diary books in some detail, its focus is on how their concerns with a freedom to see and feel for oneself, and the uses of vulnerability, shape her analytic work. In particular, how this work calls for a clinical sensibility with striking affinities to the tact of the nineteenth-century essayists described in this book.

Harmonious Investigators of Nature: Music and the Persona of the German Naturforscher in the Nineteenth Century

2003 ◽  
Vol 16 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 121-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Myles Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Folk Songs ◽  
Cultural Resource ◽  
Early Nineteenth Century ◽  
Crucial Component ◽  
Choral Society ◽  
Scientific Identity ◽  
German Association

ArgumentDuring the early nineteenth century, the German Association of Investigators of Nature and Physicians (Versammlung Deutscher Naturforscher und Ärzte) drew upon the cultural resource of choral-society songs as a way to promote male camaraderie and intellectual collaboration. Investigators of nature and physicians wished to forge a unified, scientific identity in the absence of a national one, and music played a critical role in its establishment. During the 1820s and 30s, Liedertafel and folk songs formed a crucial component of their annual meetings. The lyrics of these tunes, whose melodies were famous folk songs, were rewritten to reflect the lives of investigators of nature and physicians. Indeed, the singing of these Liedertafel songs played an important part in the cultivation of the Naturforschers’ persona well into the twentieth century.

The Devil and Other Stories

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leo Tolstoy
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
War And Peace ◽  
Anna Karenina ◽  
Self Discovery ◽  
The Military ◽  
The Devil ◽  
Creative Life

‘It is impossible to explain why Yevgeny chose Liza Annenskaya, as it is always impossible to explain why a man chooses this and not that woman.’ This collection of eleven stories spans virtually the whole of Tolstoy's creative life. While each is unique in form, as a group they are representative of his style, and touch on the central themes that surface in War and Peace and Anna Karenina. Stories as different as 'The Snowstorm', 'Lucerne', 'The Diary of a Madman', and 'The Devil' are grounded in autobiographical experience. They deal with journeys of self-discovery and the moral and religious questioning that characterizes Tolstoy's works of criticism and philosophy. 'Strider' and 'Father Sergy', as well as reflecting Tolstoy's own experiences, also reveal profound psychological insights. These stories range over much of the Russian world of the nineteenth century, from the nobility to the peasantry, the military to the clergy, from merchants and cobblers to a horse and a tree. Together they present a fascinating picture of Tolstoy's skill and artistry. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

scholarly journals Archaeological Investigations at the Tobert Potter and Harriet Ames Cabin (41MR51) on Potter's Point, Caddo Lake

1993 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy K. Perttula
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Cultural Resource ◽  
Historical Significance ◽  
Preservation Potential ◽  
Caddo Lake

This paper discusses recent archaeological investigations at the Robert Potter and Harriet Ames cabin site (41MR51) on Caddo Lake at Potter's Point. The cabin site represents a relatively intact mid-nineteenth century archaeological deposit from a Northeast Texas cultural resource of considerable historical significance. The site was located by Mr. Claude McCrocklin and members of the Louisiana Archaeological Society in the summer of 1992. The artifacts collected from these limited investigations were then turned over to the author for study as the first step in assessing the site's archaeological character and preservation potential.

Making the New by Rebuilding the Old

2013 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-25
Author(s):  
Michaela Fenske
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Small Town ◽  
Time Travel ◽  
Tourist Industry ◽  
Cultural Resource ◽  
Eastern Germany ◽  
The People ◽  
New Jobs

Werben is a small town in eastern Germany, situated at the periphery both geographically and in terms of current economic and social dynamics. Since 2004, the inhabitants of Werben restore their cultural heritage in order to re-enact a new Biedermeier Werben so as to create new jobs in the tourist industry. Twice a year, re-enactors invite tourists and locals to engage in time travel to the period at the beginning of the nineteenth century. This article discusses the ways in which the people of Werben use history to revitalise their town. History becomes a space which allows individual and collaborative experiences; it is used as cultural resource. Meanwhile, history is interpreted in a peculiar manner, holding different functions and values for different people. In its staging of Biedermeier, Werben develops into a laboratory in which various elementary needs and problems of postmodern society are discussed.

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