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Author:   Robert D. Hinshelwood (Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies, UK) ,  Tomasz Fortuna
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.230kg
ISBN:  

9781138667051

ISBN 10:   1138667056
Pages:   194
Publication Date:   07 November 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION PART 1 – New method, new facts Chapter 1 – Who was she? Chapter 2 – Where did she start? Chapter 3 – Establishing the fundamentals of psychoanalysis Chapter 4 – What is psychic reality? Chapter 5 – An insight into children? Chapter 6 – New discoveries, who says? Conclusions to PART 1 PART 2 – The earliest development – Starting at birth Chapter 7 – Earlier mechanisms – In and out Chapter 8 – Experiences and phantasies Chapter 9 – Who are you? – Ego boundary Chapter 10 – Depressed? Chapter 11 – Repairing and caring Conclusions to PART 2 PART 3 – How crazy can you get? Chapter 12 -- Splitting of the ego – What destabilises the mind? Chapter 13 -- Annihilation – who's afraid of going to pieces? Chapter 14 -- Paranoid-schizoid position Chapter 15 -- Projective identification; he’s not all there Chapter 16 -- The worst of all vices – envy Chapter 17 -- Psychotic reality? Conclusion to PART 3 Part 4 – Beyond basics – Truth Chapter 18 – Pathological organisations – Who's in the Mafia? Chapter 19 – Containment Chapter 20 – Thoughts find a thinker Chapter 21 - How does it all apply? Conclusion to PART 4 References GLOSSARY

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"""If you are looking for a clear and concise introduction to Melanie Klein, this book is for you. It will also be for anyone who wants a succinct overview of Melanie Klein’s contribution to psychoanalysis and her framework of concepts."" -In Mind, The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust"

If you are looking for a clear and concise introduction to Melanie Klein, this book is for you. It will also be for anyone who wants a succinct overview of Melanie Klein's contribution to psychoanalysis and her framework of concepts. -In Mind, The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust

Author Information

R. D. Hinshelwood is a British psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who has always had a part-time commitment to the public service (NHS and universities) and to teaching psychoanalysis and psychotherapy. He has written on Kleinian psychoanalysis and on the application of psychoanalysis to social science and political themes. He has taken an interest in and published on the problems of making evidence comparisons between different schools of psychoanalysis. Tomasz Fortuna trained as a psychoanalyst at the Institute of Psychoanalysis in London. He is a member of the British Psychoanalytical Society, the Hanna Segal Institute for Psychoanalytic Studies and the scientific committees of both organisations. He has worked as a psychiatrist for the NHS for over 12 years and currently works at the Portman Clinic, Newham Adolescent Mental Health Team, and is in private psychoanalytic practice. His professional interests include the relationship between psychoanalysis and the arts and the understanding of severe emotional disturbance. He is a guest-editor of Empedocles: European Journal for the Philosophy of Communication.

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