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XVIII; 220 S.; 24 cm. Originalleinen mit Schutzumschlag.

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Gutes Ex.; leider mit Bleistift-Anstreichungen. - Englisch. - Object relations, which emphasizes the importance of the preoedipal period and the infant-mother relationship, is considered by many analysts to be the major development in psychoanalytic theory since Freud. In this reinterpretation of its history Peter L. Rudnytsky focuses on two pivotal figures: Otto Rank, one of Freud's original and most brilliant disciples, who later broke away from psychoanalysis, and D. W. Winnicott, the leading representative of the Independent tradition in British psychoanalysis. Rudnytsky begins with an overview arguing that object relations theory can synthesize the scientific and hermeneutic dimensions of psychoanalysis. He then uses the ideas of Rank and Winnicott to uncover the preoedipal aspects of Sophocles' Oedipus the King. After an appraisal of the relationship between Rank and Freud, he turns to Rank's neglected writings between 1924 and 1927 and shows how they anticipate contemporary object relations theory. ... (Verlagstext) / INHALT : Preface ---- Acknowledgments Note on Sources ---- A Psychoanalytic Weltanschauung ---- The Birth of Oedipus ---- David and Goliath ---- Rank as a Precursor of Contemporary Psychoanalysis ---- Winnicott, Lacan, and Kohut ---- Winnicott and Freud ---- The Two Analyses of Harry Guntrip ---- The Psychoanalytic Self ---- Appendix A ---- The Genesis of the Object Relation, by Otto Rank ---- Appendix B ---- Interview with Clare Winnicott, June 1983 ---- References Index. ISBN 0300050674