Research Catalog

Title

Feeling, being and the sense of self : a new perspective on identity, affect and narcissistic disorders / Marcus West.

Author

West, Marcus.

Publication

London : Karnac, 2007.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Holdings

Details

Description

xviii, 262 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

"This book explores the underlying mechanisms of the psyche. It traces the development of the individual and, in particular, the development of the sense of self, which is understood to be intimately related to the individual's object relations and to play a crucial role in core clinical phenomena. The book outlines a new perspective on identity and affect which sheds light into the heartland of analytic theory, providing fresh insights into narcissism, and narcissistic, borderline, hysteric, and schizoid psychopathologies."--Jacket.

Subject

• Identity (Psychology)
• Affect (Psychology)
• Narcissism
• Self Concept
• Affect
• Ego
• Personality Disorders
• Self Psychology
• Self
• Narcissism

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: An "identity-affect" model. The clinical picture ; Identity ; The ego and identity ; Models of identity. From edifice to social construct ; Affect ; Klein, Bion, projective identification, and the paranoid-schizoid position ; Technique and analytic attitude ; Jung, the self, and spiritual experience -- Part II: Personality types. Introduction. Narcissism and the narcissistic personality ; The borderline personality ; The hysteric personality ; The schizoid personality.

ISBN

• 9781855754126 (pbk.)
• 1855754126 (pbk.)

OCLC

• 84151744
• SCSB-11809999

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library