“All that is bad and dreaded is projected into the other, and all the anxiety is seen as the product of external attack rather than one's own subjective state . . . [which] the fear of the other's omnipotence as… — Jessica Benjamin Copy Share Image
“[T]he psychoanalytic process should be understood as occurring between subjects rather than within the individual. Mental life is seen from an intersubjective perspective. Although… — Jessica Benjamin Copy Share Image
“Beauty belongs to the beloved who returns the gaze, in whose eyes we see the sun. But in this . . . beauty, in… — Jessica Benjamin Copy Share Image
“All that is bad and dreaded is projected into the other, and all the anxiety is seen as the product of external attack rather… — Jessica Benjamin Copy Share Image
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