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Record Nr.

UNINA9910786839203321

Autore

Sanfeliu Isabel

Titolo

Karl Abraham : the birth of object relations theory / / by Isabel Sanfeliu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

©2014

ISBN

0-429-91538-1

0-429-90115-1

0-429-47638-8

1-78241-219-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 p.)

Disciplina

150.1950922

Soggetti

Psychoanalysts

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published in Spanish in 2002 as Karl Abraham o el descubrimiento de la melancolía by Biblioteca Nueva"--T. p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; FOREWORD TO THE ENGLISH EDITION; FOREWORD; PART I ABRAHAM, PSYCHOANALYSIS, AND HIS TIME; CHAPTER ONE An introduction; CHAPTER TWO Historical context; CHAPTER THREE The limits of a life; CHAPTER FOUR Abraham's time in Zurich: the decisive change (1904-1907); CHAPTER FIVE Transfer to Berlin (1908-1915); CHAPTER SIX The Great War; CHAPTER SEVEN The psychoanalytic trenches again; PART II ABRAHAM'S ROLE AND UNIQUENESS IN PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; CHAPTER EIGHT First psychoanalytic papers, his theoretical contribution

CHAPTER NINE Abraham and the psychoanalytic movementCHAPTER TEN Abraham, linguistics, and mythology; CHAPTER ELEVEN Applied psychoanalysis; CHAPTER TWELVE The correspondence; CHAPTER THIRTEEN The Berlin Psychoanalytic Society, the Institute, and the Polyclinic; CHAPTER FOURTEEN Training analyst and supervisor; PART III EVOLUTION OF ABRAHAM'S THOUGHT REGARDING THE HISTORY OF LIBIDINAL DEVELOPMENT (1907-1925); CHAPTER FIFTEEN Incorporation into psychoanalysis; CHAPTER SIXTEEN The beginnings of object theory (1907-1916); CHAPTER SEVENTEEN The first pregenital stage of the libido (1916)



CHAPTER EIGHTEEN A short study of the development of the libido, viewed in the light of mental disorders (1924)CHAPTER NINETEEN Character-formation on the genital level of the libido; CHAPTER TWENTY Final papers; PART IV ABRAHAM, THE OBJECT, AND PSYCHOANALYSIS; CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE The object as a key concept; CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO Abraham-pioneer of object relations theory; CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE To conclude; CHRONOLOGY; THE SCIENTIFIC ENVIRONMENT OF KARL ABRAHAM; APPENDIX; REFERENCES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Together with Ferenczi, Karl Abraham was perhaps Freud's most creative and devoted disciple. In this book, after outlining the socio-cultural context of the day, Isabel Sanfeliu examines Abraham's life as a student, his family environment and his first steps as a physician and psychoanalyst. As a clinical doctor Abraham was calm and detached, and a good example of a stable and objective analyst. Despite his strong personality, his loyalty towards Freud never wavered. At the pioneering Psychoanalytic Institute which he founded and directed in Berlin, he established a series of professional standards which are still observed today. The present book is organised around an examination of Abraham's psychoanalytic work, according to his different fields of interest, before going on to consider his rigorously conducted clinical research. Abrahams's findings regarding the positive role of aggression in the development of the baby constitutes one of his original theories, as does the establishment of boundaries with the onset of object love.