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1 online resource |
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COVER -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- FOREWORD TO THE ENGLISH EDITION -- FOREWORD -- PART I ABRAHAM, PSYCHOANALYSIS, AND HIS TIME -- CHAPTER ONE An introduction -- CHAPTER TWO Historical context -- CHAPTER THREE The limits of a life -- CHAPTER FOUR Abraham's time in Zurich: the decisive change (1904-1907) -- CHAPTER FIVE Transfer to Berlin (1908-1915) -- CHAPTER SIX The Great War -- CHAPTER SEVEN The psychoanalytic trenches again -- PART II ABRAHAM'S ROLE AND UNIQUENESS IN PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY -- CHAPTER EIGHT First psychoanalytic papers, his theoretical contribution -- CHAPTER NINE Abraham and the psychoanalytic movement -- CHAPTER TEN Abraham, linguistics, and mythology -- CHAPTER ELEVEN Applied psychoanalysis -- CHAPTER TWELVE The correspondence -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN The Berlin Psychoanalytic Society, the Institute, and the Polyclinic -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN Training analyst and supervisor -- PART III EVOLUTION OF ABRAHAM'S THOUGHT REGARDING THE HISTORY OF LIBIDINAL DEVELOPMENT (1907-1925) -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN Incorporation into psychoanalysis -- CHAPTER SIXTEEN The beginnings of object theory (1907-1916) -- CHAPTER SEVENTEEN The first pregenital stage of the libido (1916) -- CHAPTER EIGHTEEN A short study of the development of the libido, viewed in the light of mental disorders (1924) -- CHAPTER NINETEEN Character-formation on the genital level of the libido -- CHAPTER TWENTY Final papers -- PART IV ABRAHAM, THE OBJECT, AND PSYCHOANALYSIS -- CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE The object as a key concept -- CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO Abraham-pioneer of object relations theory -- CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE To conclude -- CHRONOLOGY -- THE SCIENTIFIC ENVIRONMENT OF KARL ABRAHAM -- APPENDIX -- REFERENCES -- INDEX |
| Summary |
Together with Ferenczi, Karl Abraham was perhaps Freud's most creative and devoted disciple. In this book, after outlining the socio-cultural context of the day, Isabel Sanfeliu examines Abraham's life as a student, his family environment and his first steps as a physician and psychoanalyst. As a clinical doctor Abraham was calm and detached, and a good example of a stable and objective analyst. Despite his strong personality, his loyalty towards Freud never wavered. At the pioneering Psychoanalytic Institute which he founded and directed in Berlin, he established a series of professional stan |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Abraham, Karl, 1877-1925.
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Abraham, Karl, 1877-1925 |
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Psychoanalysts -- Biography
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Reference.
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Psychoanalysts
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Walters, Kate.
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| ISBN |
9781782412199 |
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1782412190 |
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1306730082 |
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9781306730082 |
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9781781813515 |
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1781813515 |
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