| Description |
vi, 181 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
1. Loosening parental ties: 'I want to do everything differently' -- 2. Complexes and episode memories: 'There's no point in doing anything' -- 3. The originally positive mother complex in men: 'The world should like someone like me' -- 4. The originally positive mother complex in women: 'You can cope with just about anything as long as you've eaten well' -- 5. Live and let live: Typical characteristics of originally positive mother complexes -- 6. Aggression and lament: Developing beyond the originally positive mother complex -- 7. The originally positive father complex of the son: 'Proud father - wonderful son' -- 8. Dutiful daughters: The originally positive father complex in women -- 9. The originally negative mother complex in women: 'A rotten person in a rotten world' -- 10. 'As though paralysed': The originally negative mother complex in men -- 11. The originally negative father complex in men: 'Made to feel like nothing' |
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12. The originally negative father complex in women: 'I'm no good for anything' -- 13. Staking out territory in the unknown: Conclusion |
| Summary |
Verena Kast's ground-breaking book is the first modern analysis of the vast range of mother and father complexes, and benefits from her 20 years of detailed studies of infant and child behaviour. She places particular emphasis on positive mother complexes, which have long been devalued and are still veiled in shadow. This book clarifies the effects of all kinds of complexes, so that we can ultimately free ourselves from their negative impact. In so doing we can gain happiness and independence and form better, closer relationships with others |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [173]-176) and index |
| Notes |
Translated from the German |
| Subject |
Complexes (Psychology)
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Father and child.
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Jungian psychology.
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Mother and child.
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Separation-individuation.
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| LC no. |
96030020 |
| ISBN |
1852309407 (pb. : alk. paper) |
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