Stromberg David
Literary Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
Am J Psychoanal. 2018 Jun;78(2):159-181. doi: 10.1057/s11231-018-9136-7.
Melanie Klein's theories on love outline a complex system of relations-an oscillating dynamic of psychical and emotional tendencies following from both actual experience and fantasies produced by the mind. Her insights are often discussed and applied in psychoanalytical contexts, but the philosophical implications of her theory-especially in relation to Platonic thought-have rarely been discussed. In this article, I will attempt to address this gap by setting out some preliminary yet core considerations shared by both Plato and Klein. First, I will describe some structural parallels between Kleinian and Platonic thought, especially in dialectical terms. Second, I will outline Plato's covert influence on Freud as passing through the teachings of philosopher Franz Brentano. And last, I will discuss intimacy as a struggle between the forces of good and bad, creativity and destruction, and love and hate-suggesting that Klein's conception of love emerges as a moral exigency.
梅兰妮·克莱因关于爱的理论勾勒出一个复杂的关系系统——一种由实际经历和心灵产生的幻想所引发的心理和情感倾向的振荡动态。她的见解常在精神分析语境中被讨论和应用，但她的理论的哲学意蕴——尤其是与柏拉图思想相关的——却很少被探讨。在本文中，我将试图通过阐述柏拉图和克莱因共有的一些初步但核心的考量来填补这一空白。首先，我将描述克莱因思想与柏拉图思想之间的一些结构相似之处，尤其是从辩证法角度。其次，我将概述柏拉图通过哲学家弗兰兹·布伦塔诺的教义对弗洛伊德产生的隐秘影响。最后，我将讨论亲密关系是善与恶、创造与毁灭、爱与恨的力量之间的斗争——这表明克莱因的爱的概念是作为一种道德要求而出现的。
