Hand of the mother

Author: Massimo Recalcati Year of publication: 2025 Book classification: Psychology Publisher: Hayat Publications Number of pages: 213 Format: Paperback Summary: - "The symptoms that appeared on my patient in his adult life were like an echo of this initial trauma; every time he met a desirable woman, he literally felt as if he was falling into emptiness." In Faten's work, which is situated between psychology and the poetry of life, the famous psychoanalyst Massimo Recalcati analyzes the concept of "mother" and reconstructs the cultural and social frameworks surrounding it. Recalcati views motherhood as an extended world of ideas, expectations, and ghosts, where poetry meets psychoanalysis, and clinical experiences are combined with deep philosophical reflection. The book depicts a very tender yet harsh picture of our deepest feelings and anxieties towards motherhood and vice versa. Through shocking clinical stories about love, rejection, and emptiness, Recalcati offers a new image of the mother that touches the depths of human instinct.