Intends to deconstruct the different theoretical perspectives of psychoanalysis, and reconstruct these concepts in a language that is easily understood. This book examines Freud's different theories and describes how Freud shifted his emphasis over time.
This book aims to deconstruct the different theoretical perspectives of psychoanalysis, and reconstruct these concepts in a language that is readily understood. Wherever possible this is meant not to do away with terms that are meaningful, but to attempt to clarify terms and concepts. The book comes in three sections. The first examines Freud's
Series Editors Preface -- Preface -- Freud
Chapters -- Freuds heroic
era: the first ten years -- The psychoanalytic era begins: dream
theorypsycho-sexuality -- Freuds object relations era: the
metapsychological papers -- The structural model -- Major Post-Freudian
Theorists -- The new ego psychology: Anna Freud and Heinz Hartmann -- The
Kleinian revolution -- The controversial discussions -- Kleins Envy and
gratitude -- Fairbairn: a new object relations voice -- Winnicott: in search
of the real -- Sullivan: interpersonal psychoanalysis, relational beginnings
-- Mahler: symbiosis and separationindividuation -- Kohut: a new
self-psychological perspective -- Kernberg: integrating object relations and
ego psychology -- Bion, Klein, and Freud -- From ego psychology to
contemporary conflict theory: a historical overview -- Contemporary Issues in
Psychoanalysis -- Structural theory, relational critiques, and integrative
attempts -- A tentative developmental model -- Epilogue
J. Ellman, Steven
