Narcissism and the Self - Dynamics of Self Preservation in Social Interaction, Personality

Informationen zum Autor Ralf-Peter Behrendt studied medicine and medical cybernetics at the Russian Medical State University in Moscow, Russia. He trained in psychiatry in Sheffield, UK, and has been working as a consultant in old age psychiatry since 2005. He has published several review articles and book chapters on the pathophysiology of hallucinations in schizophrenia and on mechanisms that underpin consciousness. Klappentext The book examines how coevolved intraspecific aggression and appeasement gestures can give rise to complex social, cultural, and psychopathological phenomena. It argues that the individual's need regulate narcissistic supplies and maintain feelings of safety is the overriding determinant of human conduct and thought in mental health and illness. Zusammenfassung The book examines how coevolved intraspecific aggression and appeasement gestures can give rise to complex social! cultural! and psychopathological phenomena. It argues that the individual's need regulate narcissistic supplies and maintain feelings of safety is the overriding determinant of human conduct and thought in mental health and illness. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction 2. Affective Expressions 3. Affective States 4. Development 5. Superego 6. Self-experience 7. Character Defences 8. Psychopathology 9. Interpersonal and Social Dynamics 10. Conclusion

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Affective Expressions 3. Affective States 4. Development 5. Superego 6. Self-experience 7. Character Defences 8. Psychopathology 9. Interpersonal and Social Dynamics 10. Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: R Behrendt, R. Behrendt, Ralf-Peter Behrendt
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349504480
• ISBN: 978-1-349-50448-0
• No. of pages: 422
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; B, Psychoanalysis, Philosophy of Mind, personality, Clinical psychology, Social Psychology, Environmentalist thought & ideology, Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality, Self, Social, group or collective psychology, Community and Environmental Psychology, Community Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology, Personality and Differential Psychology, Environmental Psychology, Analytical & Jungian psychology, Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Philosophy of the Self, Self and Identity, Identity (Psychology), Psychoanalytical & Freudian psychology