Distinguished Service Professor, Committee on Social Thought, The University of Chicago.
Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute.
Int J Psychoanal. 2024 Apr;105(2):127-141. doi: 10.1080/00207578.2023.2258966. Epub 2024 Apr 24.
This paper is an exploration of gratitude as a fundamental concept in psychoanalysis. Melanie Klein's classic article "Envy and Gratitude" (1957) named gratitude at one pole on an axis of human suffering and flourishing, but with a few notable exceptions, the article stimulated research into envy. This paper explores the historical and philosophical traditions that have, to some extent unconsciously, influenced our contemporary understandings of gratitude. The paper also works to explore the social and ethical meanings of gratitude as well as gratitude's psychoanalytic significance. The aim is to uncover the overall psychic significance of gratitude and its place in human flourishing.
本文探讨了感激之情作为精神分析学中的一个基本概念。梅兰妮·克莱因（Melanie Klein）的经典文章《嫉妒与感激》（1957 年）将感激之情命名为人类苦难和繁荣轴线上的一个极点，但除了少数几个显著的例外，这篇文章激发了对嫉妒的研究。本文探讨了历史和哲学传统，这些传统在某种程度上无意识地影响了我们对感激之情的当代理解。本文还致力于探索感激之情的社会和伦理意义以及其在精神分析学上的意义。目的是揭示感激之情的整体心理意义及其在人类繁荣中的地位。
