Understanding Mental Objects
Part of New Library of Psychoanalysis series - more in this series
Book Details
- Publisher : Routledge
- Published : January 1995
- Cover : Paperback
- Category :
Psychoanalysis - Catalogue No : 824
- ISBN 13 : 9780415121798
- ISBN 10 : 0415121795
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In this study the changing meanings of important psychoanalytic concepts are traced from context to context, and underlying theoretical issues are discussed in depth. The text includes a historical survey of the way in which mental objects have been understood within the various schools of psychoanalysis.
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`... there is little doubt that this study represents a major contribution to the field.' - Joseph Sandler, Emeritus Professor of Psychoanalysis, University College, London How an individual perceives and relates to others (his or her `objects') is a central preoccupation of psychoanalysis and the literature is full of differing theories. In this definitive guide to the subject, Meir Perlow looks in detail at how the various psychoanalytic schools of thought have conceptualised mental objects. He lays bare the major theoretical and clinical issues that uderlie the concepts and draws out some working definitions which will have practical application for the clinician. Psychoanalysts and psychologists alike will find this a welcome clarification of a complex but central area.
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