Psychoanalytic Studies of the Personality [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451492603321
• Autore: Fairbairn W. R. D
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2013
• ISBN: 1-299-28475-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (336 p.)
• Disciplina: 155.2; 155.2 20
• Soggetti: Object relations (Psychoanalysis); Personality; Psychoanalysis; Psychoanalytic Theory; Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms; Psychological Theory; Psychology; Social Sciences; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface By Ernest Jones; Table of Contents; Introduction; Part One: An Object-relations Theory Of The Personality; I. Schizoid Factors In The Personality (1940); II. A Revised Psychopathology Of The Psychoses And Psychoneuroses (1941); III. The Repression And The Return Of Bad Objects (with Special Reference To The 'war Neuroses') (1943); IV. Endopsychic Structure Considered In Terms Of Object-relationships (1944); V. Object-relationships And Dynamic Structure (1946); VI. Steps In The Development Of An Object-relations Theory Of The Personality (1949)VII. A Synopsis Of The Development Of The Author's Views Regarding The Structure Of The Personality (1951); Part Two: An Object-relations Theory Of The Personality; I. Notes On The Religious Phantasies Of A Female Patient (1927); II. Features In The Analysis Of A Patient With A Physical Genital Abnormality (1931); III. The Effect Of A ; King's Death Upon Patients Undergoing Analysis (1936); Part Three: An Object-relations Theory Of The Personality; I. The Sociological Significance Of Communism Considered In The Light Of Psychoanalysis (1935)II. Psychology As A Prescribed And As A Proscribed Subject (1939); III.The War Neuroses-their Nature And Significance (1943); IV. The Treatment And Rehabilitation Of Sexual Offenders (1946); List of Works; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: First published in 1952, W.R.D. Fairbairn's Psychoanalytic Studies of the Personality re-oriented psychoanalysis by centering human development on the infant's innate need for relationships, describing the process of splitting and the internal dynamic relationship between ego and object. His elegant theory is still a vital framework of psychoanalytic theory and practice, infant research, group relations and family therapy.This classic collection of papers, available for the first time in paperback, has a new introduction by David Scharff and Elinor Fairbairn Birtles which sets Fai