ABSTRACT
In earlier chapters, I showed that some key analytic concepts, for instance, defense, resistance, and interpretation, are best understood as processes rather than as events. Indeed, the concept of a biological or social system, a dynamic arrangement, implies the point of view of process, as does the term texture. One appreciates the texture of a fabric through a process of passing the hand over it or feeling it between the fingers. We have seen also that neurosis is best viewed as a process, as something the patient does rather than something he has.
