The Baby and the Drive presents a new reading of psychoanalytic drive theory as well as offering clinical tools for early identiïcation of diïƒculties and intervention with babies and their parents. This volume demonstrates that the concept of the drive is the crucial factor in early life. The drive is presented as a force with pathways that are established in the newbornâs psychic development. Four drive ïelds are distinguished which are activated during the ïrst year and the volume examines the points at which they may encounter diïƒculties and how these diïƒculties may be treated. The Baby and the Drive explains that access to the drives and their activation orients work with the newbornâan operation at once fundamental and indispensable if researchers accept the existence of a subject in the newborn. Allowing a new orientation in work with newborns and infants this volume will be a valuable resource for academics scholars and students of Lacanian studies and Lacanian analysis. It will also be of great interest to Lacanian psychologists and Lacanian psychoanalysts in practice and in training. . Language: English