Sex, Death, and the Superego - Updating Psychoanalytic Experience and Developments in Neuroscience

Divided in three parts - "Hysteria," "The ego and superego," and "Narcissism" - this new edition of Ronald Britton's personal reappraisal of psychoanalytic theories adds content on brain, mind and self, the death instinct and a discussion on the biological, psychological and sociological basis of gender.

Info autore

Ronald Britton trained in neurology, child and adult psychiatry, and psychoanalysis before becoming Chair of the Children's Department at the Tavistock Clinic and President of the British Psychoanalytical Society. He received the "IPA Outstanding Scientific Award 2013" and the 2013 Sigourney Award for "Outstanding Achievements in Psychoanalysis". His particular interests outside psychoanalysis have been literature, philosophy and physics.

Riassunto

Divided in three parts – "Hysteria," "The ego and superego," and "Narcissism" – this new edition of Ronald Britton’s personal reappraisal of psychoanalytic theories adds content on brain, mind and self, the death instinct and a discussion on the biological, psychological and sociological basis of gender.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Ronald Britton, Ronald (In Private Practice Britton, Britton Ronald
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 23.09.2020
• EAN: 9780367543075
• ISBN: 978-0-367-54307-5
• Pagine: 152
• Categorie: Saggistica > Psicologia, esoterismo, spiritualità, antroposofia > Psicologia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Psicologia > Psicanalisi; PSYCHOLOGY / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Hypnotism, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, PSYCHOLOGY / Physiological Psychology, Psychotherapy, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), PSYCHOLOGY / Cultural Psychology