Book description
Contributors: Willy Baranger, David Bell, R. Horacio Etchegoyen, Peter
Fonagy, Leon Grinberg, Bela Grunberger, Heinz Henseler, Otto F.
Kernberg, Paul H. Ornstein, Ethel Spector Person, Joseph Sandler, Hanna
Segal, Nikolaus Treurniet, Clifford Yorke"On Narcissism: An
Introduction" is a densely packed essay dealing with ideas that are
still being debated today - from the role of narcissism in normal and
pathological development and the relationship of narcissism to
homosexuality, libido, romantic love, and self-esteem to issues of
therapeutic intervention. The contributors place the work in the context
of Freud's evolving thinking, point out its innovations, review its
problematic aspects, and examine how its theoretical concepts have been
elaborated more recently by analysts of diverse theoretic persuasions.
In addition, they use Freud's text to chart new developments in
psychoanalysis and point toward still unresolved problems. An
introduction by Joseph Sandler, Ethel Spector Person, and Peter Fonagy
provides a succinct overview of the material.
