Self and Other : Object Relations in Psychoanalysis and Literature.

In Self and Other, Robert Rogers presents a powerful argument for the adoption of a theory of object relations, combining the best features of traditional psychoanalytic theory with contemporary views on attachment behavior and intersubjectivity. Rogers discusses theory in relation both to actual ps...

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Main Author: Rogers, Robert
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : NYU Press, 1991.
Series:Psychoanalytic crosscurrents.
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Online Access:CONNECT
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Summary:In Self and Other, Robert Rogers presents a powerful argument for the adoption of a theory of object relations, combining the best features of traditional psychoanalytic theory with contemporary views on attachment behavior and intersubjectivity. Rogers discusses theory in relation both to actual psychoanalytic case histories and imagined selves found in literature, and provides a critical rereading of the case histories of Freud, Winnicott, Lichtenstein, Sechehaye, and Bettelheim. At once scientific and humanistic, Self and Other engagingly draws from theoretical, clinical, and literary trad.
Item Description:De Gruyter Open Access eBooks
Physical Description:1 online resource (216 pages).
ISBN:9780814769485
0814769489