This book tackles the enigmas of the transmission of thought in a new way, by comparing several points of view: neurobiological, developmental, psychoanalytical, philosophical... Because understanding the mechanisms of co-thought, intersubjectivity and empathy requires grasping both their somatic and cerebral origins, as well as their ontological and group origins.
By bringing together a transdisciplinary group of researchers and young clinicians, this book provides a comprehensive, pedagogical and synthetic overview of the issue, while paying tribute to the visionary psychiatrist Daniel Widlöcher. A brilliant pedagogue who always sought simple language without simplification, Widlöcher left an important legacy to clinicians and mental health researchers alike, which the authors present here.
The book also serves to update a number of notions and theories, including the nagging question of Gedankenübertragung, thought transference and telepathy.
Yves Sarfati, ancien praticien hospitalier-professeur des universités, agrégé de psychiatrie, docteur en neurosciences, psychanalyste, écrivain. Auteur de plusieurs ouvrages consacrés à des peintres, Chevalier des Arts et Lettres.