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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459458103321

Titolo

On Freud's "mourning and melancholia" / / edited by Leticia Glocer Fiorini, Thierry Bokanowski, Sergio Lewkowicz ; foreword by Ethel Spector Person

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, , 2018

ISBN

1-282-78014-X

9786612780141

1-84940-831-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (308 p.)

Collana

Contemporary Freud : turning points and critical issues

Disciplina

150.19/52

150.1952

Soggetti

Loss (Psychology)

Bereavement - Psychological aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-204) and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. "Mourning and melancholia" (1917e [1915]) -- pt. 2. Discussion of "Mourning and Melancholia."

Sommario/riassunto

Both melancholia and mourning are triggered by the same thing, that is, by loss. The distinction often made is that mourning occurs after the death of a loved one while in melancholia the object of love does not qualify as irretrievably lost.