Basic Psychoanalytic Concepts on Metapsychology, Conflicts, Anxiety and Other Subjects

by Humberto Nagera

Book Overview

Originally published in 1970 and in contrast to the previous three volumes, which each dealt with a single subject, this volume is a miscellaneous one.

Seventeen subjects were selected on the basis of their relevance for the understanding both of psychoanalytic theory and of human behaviour in general. In this volume the reader can follow the development of Freud's theories regarding important subjects such as Fixation, Regression, Cathexis,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138777099
• ISBN13: 9781138777095
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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Publisher's Blurb

Each volume in the Hampstead Clinic Psychoanalytic Library takes a single theme or group of concepts in Freud's thought and traces its development. Wherever possible Freud's own words have been used and references are always given to his own works, thus enabling the reader to pursue any subject in a minimum of time. The preparation of these volumes entailed six years' active callaboration between fifteen analysts and therapists from the Hampstead Child Therapy Clinic under the chairmanship of Dr. Humberto Nagera. They have subsequently proved to be of enormous use to students, teachers and researchers in the fields of psychoanalysis, psychiatry, psychology, child development and social work. In this volume the reader can follow the development of Freud's theories regarding important subjects such as Fixation, Regression, Cathexis, Conflicts, Anxiety, Ambivalence, Reality Testing, Transference and Counter-Transference. Some of these subjects have been chosen because of the many misconceptions and misunderstandings which surround them.