From Death Instinct to Attachment Theory

Two leading psychoanalysts resolve the conflict between attachment theory and trauma theory. This book addresses a theoretical conflict at the heart of contemporary psychoanalysis. Analytic theory, especially the work of Melanie Klein, has asserted the developmental primacy of infantile helplessness and the trauma it inevitably inflicts; however, John Bowlby and other attachment theorists have shown that attachment to the mother is primary and instinctive - and not the result of traumatic helplessness.

ISBN	1590511522	Pages	160
ISBN13	9781590511527 (What's this?)	Volumes	1
Publisher	Other Press LLC	Weight (grammes)	286
Imprint	Other Press LLC	Published in	New York
Format	Paperback	Height (mm)	225
Publication date	15 Nov 2007	Width (mm)	156
Library of Congress	2006005943	Spine width (mm)	14
DEWEY	150.195	Academic level	Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly
DEWEY edition	DC22

1	The death instinct, trauma, and sexuality in the work of Freud	1
2	The death instinct, trauma, and sexuality in the work of Melanie Klein	35
3	Between detachment and inconsolability : toward a clinical anthropology of attachment	95
4	Attachment, aggression, and sexuality	133

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