(1985). International Review of Psycho-Analysis, 12:237-240 Review by: Eva Lester As the subtitle of the book indicates, this is a psychoanalytic inquiry into the developmental and clinical aspects of man's temporal experience. Hartocollis had already ventured into this little known field in the psychoanalytic literature, and with this book he is expanding and integrating his views expressed in three previously published articles. What particularly distinguishes this slim volume is the broad scholarship forming the background of its premises and seen, not only in the organization of the material and the numerous quotations from a large range of sources, but also in the authority and elegance of the author's style. Psychological or absolute time is the subjectively experienced time in contrast to mathematical time, objective and measurable by clock or calendar. Bergson's statement 'There is no other thing in time than change itself' is supported by William James when he says: 'Awareness of change is the condition on which our perception of time's flow depe [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.] |
