Description
Product ID: | 9780415041171 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | The New Library of Psychoanalysis |
Title: | Psychic Equilibrium and Psychic Change |
Subtitle: | Selected Papers of Betty Joseph |
Authors: | Author: Elizabeth Bott Spillius, Michael Feldman |
Page Count: | 240 |
Subjects: | Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology) |
Description: | Select Guide Rating Betty Joseph's work has greatly influenced the development and theory of psychoanalytic technique to the Kleinian tradition. A collection of her most important papers, topics include projective identification and unconscious phantasy. Betty Joseph''s work has become an outstanding influence in the development and theory of psychoanalytic technique in the Kleinian tradition. This collection of her most important papers examines the development of her thought and shows why a crucial part of her theory and practice is concerned with the detailed, sensitive scrutiny of the therapeutic process itself. Fundamental and controversial topics explored and discussed include projective identification, transference and countertransference, unconscious phantasy, and Kleinian views on envy and the death instinct. |
Imprint Name: | Routledge |
Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 1989-09-07 |