Psychoanalytic books by Graham S Clarke
Exploring the object relations model of mind with special reference to Fairbairn and his Scottish... more Exploring the object relations model of mind with special reference to Fairbairn and his Scottish contemporaries
Psychoanalytic Book Chapters by Graham S Clarke
Psychoanalytic papers by Graham S Clarke
Recent thinking has identified a viewpoint common to three Scottish thinkers influential in the f... more Recent thinking has identified a viewpoint common to three Scottish thinkers influential in the fields of psychoanalysis and philosophy-Fairbairn, Macmurray and Suttie. A recent argument by Gerson (2004) concerning the political implications of a strand of Independent object relations thinking that explicitly includes Fairbairn and Suttie is reviewed and its findings described briefly. Gerson argues that this strand of thinking has its origins in the development of the welfare state. The possibility that the real origins of this viewpoint can be found in social thinking of the Scottish Enlightenment is developed here as a research question. (2005)
Fairbairn's theory of aesthetic experience is presented in relation to a comment by Herbert Read ... more Fairbairn's theory of aesthetic experience is presented in relation to a comment by Herbert Read on its usefulness to the study of art, from a letter Read wrote to Fairbairn in 1939. It is argued that Fairbairn's psychology of dynamic structure combines the restitution of the mother that is characteristic of Kleinian theories of art and the restitution of the self that is characteristic of Winnicottian theories of art. Contemporary examples of Young British Artists discussing how they make art appear to share an understanding of the process of art making that is consistent with Fairbairn's theory. The processes of psychic growth within Fairbairn as described by John Padel are equated with a general theory of creativity. It is suggested that this theory can help us to understand key moments of creativity within specific artist's lives by reference to important changes in object relationships during key periods in three artists lives.
Attachment: New Directions in …, 2011
While investigating a recent suggestion (Finnegan, 2007) that a new interpretation of Fairbairn's... more While investigating a recent suggestion (Finnegan, 2007) that a new interpretation of Fairbairn's theory was ideally suited to the understanding and treatment of multiple personality, we became convinced that looking at the way that Fairbairn addressed ...
The International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 2010
On: Fairbairn and dynamic structure Dear Editors, We welcome and applaud Thomas Ogden's timely re... more On: Fairbairn and dynamic structure Dear Editors, We welcome and applaud Thomas Ogden's timely reminder (IJP 91:101-18, 2010) that there is still much to learn from reading, and rereading, Fairbairn. We think that he presents useful examples of object relationships between dynamic structures (ego-structures and internal objects) as relationships between people -which is how Fairbairn understood them.
The International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 2011
International Journal of Psychoanalysis, 2005
Fairbairn's mature model of mind was developed over a period of time and was modified significant... more Fairbairn's mature model of mind was developed over a period of time and was modified significantly as it developed. In contrast to some sympathetic commentators who have suggested changes, the author has been impressed by the untapped potential of the theory. There are two areas that he feels need clarification and explanation, which are the importance of the preconscious, so neglected in our literature, and its role in psychic growth. By looking closely at the topographic categories and the way that Fairbairn uses them, the author has developed a modified version of Fairbairn's original model, which has a crucial role for a structured preconscious. The preconscious now becomes both a crucial original aspect of the early self and a significant, descriptively unconscious, fulcrum for both psychic change and mature dependence.
A 1994 attempt to understand the Little Mermaid film from Fairbairn's object relations perspective
My personal and political 1975 response to seeing "Andy Warhol's Blood for Dracula and Flesh for ... more My personal and political 1975 response to seeing "Andy Warhol's Blood for Dracula and Flesh for Frankenstein' directed by Paul Morrisey
A 1995 M.A. dissertation called "Dynamic Structure, Psychic Growth and Dramatic Narrative" on Den... more A 1995 M.A. dissertation called "Dynamic Structure, Psychic Growth and Dramatic Narrative" on Dennis Potter's The Singing Detective considered from a Fairbairn based object relations perspective.
1995 paper on an object relations view of The Prince of Tides
This draft paper from 1994 looks at ways in which plays and dramatic narratives might be understo... more This draft paper from 1994 looks at ways in which plays and dramatic narratives might be understood from a Fairbairn influenced object relations perspective.
In 1992 Ted Hughes' published 'Shakespeare and the Goddess of Complete Being' which includes what... more In 1992 Ted Hughes' published 'Shakespeare and the Goddess of Complete Being' which includes what Hughes calls Shakespeare's Tragic Equation describing the psychological structure of an individual. I compared and contrasted this model with Ronald Fairbairn's object relations model of endopsychic structure at the end of 1992, beginning of 1993.
Written in 1994 some psychoanalytic approaches to The Piano. In particular a Fairbairnian object ... more Written in 1994 some psychoanalytic approaches to The Piano. In particular a Fairbairnian object relations approach to the film
Written in 1992 as a response to a Lacanian paper by Lapsley and Westlake published in Screen. Th... more Written in 1992 as a response to a Lacanian paper by Lapsley and Westlake published in Screen. This papers offers a Fairbairn based object relations alternative set of explanations.
Vertigo as understood from an object relations perspective based in Ronald Fairbairn's theories.
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Psychoanalytic books by Graham S Clarke
Psychoanalytic Book Chapters by Graham S Clarke
Psychoanalytic papers by Graham S Clarke
Deconstruction and user customized MAps raise exciting possibilities for occupants of future intelligent environments, and sets significant research challenges [Chin 09]. For example, how can MAps be constructed and managed by ordinary non-expert home occupants? At one extreme it is possible to use artificial intelligence (AI) techniques and equipment, such as autonomous intelligent agents. These monitor an occupants habitual behaviour, modelling their behaviours, and creating rule-based profiles (self programming) so they can preemptively set the environment to what they anticipate the user would like [Augusto 06]. However, some people have privacy concerns about what is being recorded, when it is being recorded and to whom (or what) any information is communicated. These concerns are particularly acute with autonomous agents, in which people have little direct control. Such matters are especially sensitive when the technology is used in the private space of someone’s home. Frequently, endusers are given very little choice in setting-up digital home technology and are obliged to accept whatever is offered [Callaghan et-al 08]. Apart from the issues of privacy and trust, we argue that creativity is an essential and distinctive human quality, and that many people would enjoy the process of creating their own novel networked appliances and personalising their ’electronic spaces’, providing they can be shielded from unnecessary technical complexity. This has parallels to the common practice of people decorating their own homes with paintings, walls hangings, pictures, colour schemes and furniture. This rationale has led many researchers to investigate what is termed ‘end-user programming’, a methodology aimed at allowing non-technical people to personalise their own digital spaces with network enabled embedded-computer based devices. Historically, programming has only been accessible to well-qualified professionals, such as computer scientists, or the outcome of self-programming (learning) using autonomous intelligent agents. The challenge for achieving an end-user programming vision is to devise programming methodologies that are usable by non-technical people.
In this chapter we begin by reviewing current research into end-user programming systems, especially those for the home. We describe approaches that range from transposing conventional programming constructs into graphical or physical iconic objects, to those that adopt radically new programming metaphors. By way of an example of these new approaches, we describe a novel end-user programming approach developed at the University of Essex called Pervasiveinteractive- Programming (PiP) (UK patent No. GB0523246.7) and a service coordination model known as Meta-Appliances/Applications (MAps). We report on an evaluation of user experiences using PiP in a digital home, the University of Essex iSpace. We conclude this chapter by reflecting on the main findings of our work.