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Zusatztext ‘At one level, Hughes offers a historical account of guilt from Freud through its development and elaboration in the unique perspective of Klein and the British School. It is a work of meticulous scholarship that underscores the originality of Klein’s thought. At another level, Hughes book speaks to the importance of agency that is increasingly under attack within postmodern thought (…) Read in this way, her survey is a cogent and timely response to those who regard the agency of conscience as superannuated.’ – Ronald C. Naso, Psychologist – Psychoanalyst, Winter 2008 Informationen zum Autor Judith M. Hughes is a professor of history and an adjunct professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego. She has written several books including From Obstacle to Ally: The evolution of psychoanalytic practice (Routledge, 2004) Klappentext Focuses on Melanie Klein and successive generations of her followers pursued and deepened Freud's project of explaining man's moral sense as a wholly natural phenomenon. This book provides both knowledge of the major figures in post-war British psychoanalysis! and the way clinical experience informed theory-building. Zusammenfassung Guilt and Its Vicissitudes focuses on the way Melanie Klein and successive generations of her followers pursued and deepened Freud's project of explaining man's moral sense as a wholly natural phenomenon. Inhaltsverzeichnis An Unconscious Sense of Guilt. Reparation Gone Awry. Omnipotence Holding Sway. The Ego Gaining Ground. Conclusion.
