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Kohut's Self Psychology for a Fractured World: New Ways of Understanding the Self and Human Community

Author(s) : John Hanwell Riker

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part One - Kohut and Self Psychology
1. The Structure of the Self as a Transformation of Narcissistic Libido
2. The Functions of the Self, Selfobjects, and Ethical Life
3. The Self as Erotic Striving
4. Metapsychology: The Self, the Ego, and Personhood
5. A Self Psychological Understanding of Psychopathology

Part Two - The Concept of Self in the Modern World
6. The Construction of Individuals in Modern Society
7. Contemporary Social Practices that Undermine the Self and the Psycho/Social Ills that Result from this Destabilization

Part Three - Plato's Republic and a New Self Psychological Society
8. Plato's Republic: The Ideal of a Rational State and Soul
9. The Ideal Self Psychological State: A New Republic
10. Transcending the Self: Metaphysics, Spirituality, and the Meaning of Life