I have placed the following article on my web site at
http://www.human-nature.com/rmyoung/papers/pap132.html


'LINCOLN, MANDELA AND THE DEPRESSIVE POSITION'

An invitation to speak on a subject of my choice allowed me to write
about two of my heroes in the light of the Kleinian concept of 'the
depressive position', which is as good as it gets in Kleinian
metapsychology. I examine the lives - the tribulations, achievements
and relationships (especially the marriages) - of Abraham Lincoln and
Nelson Mandela and also reflect on the concept of stoicism as a
potential philosophical equivalent for the depressive position. The
talk was delivered to the Bristol Psychotherapy Society on 20 October
2000.

My other books and papers, and much else, are also on that web site:
http://www.human-nature.com
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Comments welcome

Best, Bob Young
Robert Maxwell Young, Professor Emeritus of Psychotherapy &
Psychoanalytic Studies,
Centre for Psychotherapeutic Studies, University of Sheffield,
16 Claremont Cresc., Sheffield S10 2TA. http://www.shef.ac.uk/~psysc/
Co-Director, Bulgarian Institute of Human Relations & Honoured Professor,
New Bulgarian University, Sofia. http://www.nbu.bg/bihr/psy.htm
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