Self Psychology Comparisons and Contrasts [Paperback]

This collection of comparisons and contrasts explores Heinz Kohut's self psychology in relation to a wide-ranging group of modern thinkers, both inside and outside of analysis. Separate sections analyze self psychology alongside Freud and the first generation of psychoanalytic dissidents; British object relations theorists; and contemporary theorists like Kernberg, Mahler, Lacan, and Masterson.I. Freud and the Historical Dissidents   1. A Comparison of Freud and Kohut: Apostasy or Synergy? Basch  2. Kohut and Jung: A Comparison of Theory and Therapy, Corbett  3. Adler, Kohut, and the Idea of a Psychoanalytic Research Tradition, Stepansky  4. Otto Rank and Self Psychology, Menaker  5. Ferenczi's Contributions to the Evolution of a Self Psychology Framework in Psychoanalysis, Rachman  6. Karen Horney's Theory of the Self, Paul  II. Existential-Humanistic Thinkers  7. Narcissism and Nihilism: Kohut and Kierkegaard on the Modern Self, Rubin  8. Kohut and Husserl: The Empathic Bond, Nissim-Sabat  9. On Maurice Merleau-Ponty and the Psychology of the Self, Masek  10. Psychoanalytic Phenomenology and the Thinking of Martin Heidegger and Jean-Paul Sartre, Atwood  11. Carl Rogers and Heinz Kohut: On the Importance of Valuing the Self, Kahn  III. English Object Relations Theorists  12. Klein, Balint, and Fairbairn: A Self-Psychological Perspective, Brandchaft  13. Winnicott and Self Psychology: Remarkable Reflections, Bacal  IV. Contemporary Contributions  14. Interpersonal Psychoanalysis and Self Psychology: A Clinical Comparison, Bromberg  15. Conflict and Deficit Models of Psychopathology: A UniflƒÇ