Introduction to Alfred Lorenzer's paper ‘Language, life praxis and scenic understanding in psychoanalytic therapy’

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1. Translated by Philip Slotkin MA Cantab.

Notes

1. Translated by Philip Slotkin MA Cantab.

2. Argelander's paper on the scenic function of the ego was reprinted in the International Journal of Psychoanalysis in 2013 with an introduction by myself in which these points are addressed.

3. [Translator's note: For convenience, the masculine form is used for both sexes throughout this translation.]

4. For instance, in his 1984 critique of religion, whose title translates as ‘The bookkeepers’ council’.