02849oam 2200661I 450 991046303860332120200520144314.00-203-78061-21-134-91266-810.4324/9780203780619 (CKB)2670000000359112(EBL)1195669(SSID)ssj0000887233(PQKBManifestationID)11499782(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000887233(PQKBWorkID)10835578(PQKB)10807646(MiAaPQ)EBC1195669(Au-PeEL)EBL1195669(CaPaEBR)ebr10714729(CaONFJC)MIL493690(OCoLC)844924488(EXLCZ)99267000000035911220180706d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe designed self psychoanalysis and contemporary identities /Carlo StrengerHillsdale, N.J. :Analytic Press,2005.1 online resource (224 p.)Relational perspectives book series ;v. 27Description based upon print version of record.1-138-00988-1 0-88163-419-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-180) and index.ch. 1. The self as perpetual experiment -- ch. 2. Nobrow : forming an identity in urban culture -- ch. 3. The Bobo dilemma -- ch. 4. Failing fathers, failing sons -- ch. 5. Finding ethnic identity and a place in Western society -- ch. 6. Psychoanalysis in the age of the designed self.What can contemporary psychoanalysis bring to the understanding of Generation X, a cohort for whom the trivialization of a dizzying array of possible experiences teamed with the pressure to lead spectacular lives often leads to diffuse feelings of confusion, depression, and disorientation. The Designed Self chronicles Strenger's therapeutic encounters with five extraordinarily gifted young adults for whom the ideal of authenticity long associated with the Baby-Boom generation was supplanted by the need to experiment endlessly with the self. Perpetual self-experimentation, constantly rRelational perspectives book series ;v. 27.Identity (Psychology)PsychoanalysisIdentity (Psychology)Case studiesPsychoanalysisCase studiesElectronic books.Identity (Psychology)Psychoanalysis.Identity (Psychology)Psychoanalysis155.2/5Strenger Carlo.155388MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463038603321The designed self1911577UNINA