(1999). Contemporary Psychoanalysis, 35:301-310 Transgression and Reconciliation: A Psychoanalytic Reading of Masud Khan's Last Book I can see clearly the various paradoxical elements of my inheritance. My sensibility I inherit from my mother: very shy, over sensitive and rather phobic and extremely emotional. From my father I inherit an imperious capacity for work and a terrible temper. From both I inherit a deep compassion of the individual human and an uncompromising haughtiness. My personal contribution is a sharp and inexhaustible mind. All these are still not cohered into a unit of character in me. To have been endowed with so much is an awesome responsibility. And a life long struggle. —Khan, 1971 This fruition of self is always something much sought after but never fully achieved because we humans are, at root, fearful of that which extends us. Hence we live hidden and divided within, sharing a little with the other, now and then, but largely holding back, both waking and dreaming. —Khan, 1983 IN THE FOREWORD OF HIS LAST BOOK, The Long Wait (1988), Masud Khan remarks that the book's [This is a summary or excerpt from the full text of the book or article. The full text of the document is available to subscribers.] |
