Narcissism and Its Discontents

Informationen zum Autor Julie Walsh is an Institute of Advanced Study Global Research Fellow in the department of Sociology, University of Warwick, UK. Klappentext Narcissism and Its Discontents challenges the received wisdom that narcissism is only destructive of good social relations. By building on insights from psychoanalysis and critical theory it puts forward a theorisation of narcissistic sociability which redeems Narcissus from his position as the subject of negative critique. Zusammenfassung Narcissism and Its Discontents challenges the received wisdom that narcissism is only destructive of good social relations. By building on insights from psychoanalysis and critical theory it puts forward a theorisation of narcissistic sociability which redeems Narcissus from his position as the subject of negative critique. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. On the Introduction of Narcissism to Psychoanalytic Theory: 1914 and its Consequences 2. Socialising Narcissus via the Case of 'Little Hans' 3. Sociology 1: On the Narcissism of Nostalgia 4. Sociology 2: Cultural Narcissism, Some Examples from Anglo-American Sociology 5. 'Exceptional' Woman and Exemplary Sociability: The Figure of the Narquette 6. From Narcissism to Melancholia, and Back Again…

List of contents

Introduction 1. On the Introduction of Narcissism to Psychoanalytic Theory: 1914 and its Consequences 2. Socialising Narcissus via the Case of 'Little Hans' 3. Sociology 1: On the Narcissism of Nostalgia 4. Sociology 2: Cultural Narcissism, Some Examples from Anglo-American Sociology 5. 'Exceptional' Woman and Exemplary Sociability: The Figure of the Narquette 6. From Narcissism to Melancholia, and Back Again...

Product details

• Authors: J Walsh, J. Walsh, Judy Walsh
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349462247
• ISBN: 978-1-349-46224-7
• No. of pages: 190
• Series: Studies in the Psychosocial; Studies in the Psychosocial
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; B, Psychoanalysis, Culture, Sociology, Sociology of Culture, Medical counselling, personality, Psychotherapy, Clinical psychology, Social Psychology, Psychology: the self, ego, identity, personality, Counseling, Sociology, general, Personality and Social Psychology, Personality and Differential Psychology, Psychotherapy and Counseling, Analytical & Jungian psychology, Counseling Psychology, Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social groups: religious groups & communities, Psychoanalytical & Freudian psychology