| Description |
xi, 312 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
"Twenty years offer Freud's metapsychology all but succumbed to rigorous criticism in the Untied States, Cordelia Schmidt-Hellerau's comprehensive dissection of the theoretical foundations of psychoanalysis affords a new approach to the classical model of the psychical apparatus, which here appears in a surprisingly modern light. In her reconstruction of the dynamic system of the psyche, she introduces a number of novel concepts - such as lethe to denote the energy of a self-preservative death drive directed primarily inward onto the subject's own person - which have the potential not only to widen our overall view of psychic functioning but also to revolutionize our clinical understanding."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-299) and index |
| Subject |
Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939.
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Psychoanalysis -- Philosophy -- History.
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Instinct -- History.
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| LC no. |
2001024728 |
| ISBN |
1892746883 alkaline paper |
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