Chessick R D
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
Am J Psychoanal. 1993 Sep;53(3):237-45. doi: 10.1007/BF01248334.
The problem of feminine rage, feminine psychology, and feminine self-destruction must be understood as multiply determined and not merely an appropriate manifestation of social inequality in a male-dominated culture. This is illustrated by a study of pathological and borderline women, in the present paper represented by Wagner's creation from Parsifal, Kundry. Kundry suffers from pathological splitting, in which she oscillates from mature nurturing service to hatred, seduction, and destruction of men. What is most emphasized is her misery and guilt, which is a consequence of her reality testing being sufficiently intact for her to be aware of this splitting and its consequences for her. She receives no understanding from the men around her; even the hero or "pure fool" Parsifal at first attempts to strangle her like an animal. But Wagner's intuition emphasizes her conflict and guilt rather than the splitting and deficits, making her redemption possible. This approach to borderline psychopathology has a more hopeful prognosis, given the presence of a dedicated, determined, and competent psychoanalytic psychotherapist.
女性愤怒、女性心理和女性自我毁灭的问题必须被理解为是由多种因素决定的，而不仅仅是男性主导文化中社会不平等的一种恰当表现。对病态和边缘型女性的一项研究说明了这一点，在本文中以瓦格纳根据《帕西法尔》创作的人物昆德丽为例。昆德丽患有病态分裂，她在成熟的养育服务与对男性的仇恨、诱惑和毁灭之间摇摆不定。最受强调的是她的痛苦和内疚，这是她的现实检验足够完好，使她意识到这种分裂及其后果的结果。她没有得到周围男性的理解；甚至英雄或“单纯的傻瓜”帕西法尔一开始也试图像对待动物一样勒死她。但瓦格纳的直觉强调的是她的冲突和内疚，而不是分裂和缺陷，从而使她的救赎成为可能。鉴于有一位专注、坚定且有能力的精神分析心理治疗师，这种对边缘型精神病理学的处理方法有更乐观的预后。
