Instinct

Instinct
Author: Luther Lee Bernard
Publisher:
Total Pages: 578
Release: 1924
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

Freud on Instinct and Morality

Freud on Instinct and Morality
Author: Donald C. Abel
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 152
Release: 1989-07-03
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0791494101

This book examines Freud's changing views of human instincts, exploring the moral and social implications. Part One investigates Freud's concept of instinct and discusses the phases of his ongoing attempt to classify the instincts. In Part Two the author argues that Freud's instinct theory leads to a moral philosophy, and he relates this philosophy to Freud's views on group psychology. The notion of instinct is central to psychoanalytic theory, but never before has it been treated so comprehensively, with such close attention to the text. Nor has anyone previously examined in detail the moral and social implications of Freud's instinct theory. In examining these implications, Abel bridges the fields of psychology and philosophy.

Self-Hatred in Psychoanalysis

Self-Hatred in Psychoanalysis
Author: Jill Savege Scharff
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2014-02-04
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1317762894

The persecutory object is the element of the personality which attacks your confidence, productivity and acceptance to the point of no return. Persecuted patients torture themselves, hurt their loved ones and torment their therapists. In this book, the authors deal with the tenacity of the persecutory object, integrating object relations and Kleinian theories in a way of working with persecutory states of mind. This is vividly illustrated in a variety of situations, including: ·individual, couple and group therapy ·serious paediatric illness ·working with persecutory aspects of family business. It is argued that the persecutory object can be contained, modified, and in many cases detoxified by the process of skilful intensive psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. Self Hatred in Psychoanalysis will be invaluable to a variety of practitioners including psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, social workers, psychiatrists and mental health counsellors.