ABSTRACT
In this article, I explore the radical asymmetry set forth in the ethical turn, but suggest that Shabad develops a more refined notion of asymmetry grounded in the dialectics of giving and receiving. He develops what I call dialectical asymmetry where the reciprocity of human exchange offers an ethical demand for both analyst and patient. I suggest a productive comparison between Shabad’s perspective and the double asymmetry of the ethical seduction developed in the French tradition.
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1 See Shabad (Citation2001, Citation2010, Citation2011) for a foreshadowing of this current work.
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John C. Foehl
John C. Foehl, Ph.D., is Training and Supervising Analyst at Boston Psychoanalytic Society & Institute, Faculty and Supervisor at Massachusetts Institute for Psychoanalysis and Harvard Medical School, Clinical Associate Professor (Adjunct) at NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy, Assistant Editor at Psychoanalytic Dialogues and Editorial Board Member of The International Journal of Psychoanalysis. He is in private practice in Newton Centre, Massachusetts.