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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461404803321

Autore

Mahler Margaret S. 

Titolo

The psychological birth of the human infant : symbiosis and individuation / / by Margaret S. Mahler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL : , : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , [2018]

©1985

ISBN

0-429-90768-0

0-429-48291-4

1-283-11792-4

9786613117922

1-84940-032-6

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Collana

Karnac classics

Disciplina

155.4

155.422

Soggetti

Infant psychology

Symbiosis (Psychology)

Separation-individuation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in Great Britain 1975 by Hutchinson & Co (Publishers) Ltd.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Separation-individuation in perspective -- pt. 2. On human symbiosis and the subphases of the separation-individuation process -- pt. 3. Five children's subphase development -- pt. 4. Summary and reflections.

Sommario/riassunto

'The biological birth of the human infant and the psychological birth of the individual are not coincident in time. The former is a dramatic, observable, and well-circumscribed event; the latter a slowly unfolding intra psychic process.'Thus begins this highly acclaimed book in which the author and her collaborators break new ground in developmental psychology and present the first complete theoretical statement of the author's observations on the normal separation-individuation process. Separation and individuation are presented in this major work as two



complementary developments. Separation is described as the child's emergence from a symbiotic fusion with the mother, while individuation consists of those achievements making the child's assumption of his own individual characteristics. Each of the sub-phases of separation-individuation is described in detail, supported by a wealth of clinical observations which trace the tasks confronting the infant and his mother as he progresses towards achieving his own individuality.