The ego and the mechanisms of defense. / Anna Freud.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Freud, Anna, 1895-1982.

Contributor:

Baines, Cecil.

The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Freud, Anna, 1895-1982. English. 1967 ; Works. v. 2.

The writings of Anna Freud ; v. 2.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ego (Psychology).

Defense mechanisms (Psychology).

Penn Provenance:

Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)

Potok, Chaim (inscription) (Potok Collection copy)

Satinsky, Victor (autograph) (Potok Collection copy)

Physical Description:

ix pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 191 pages, 5 unnumbered pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

Revised edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : International Universities Press, Inc., [1966]

Contents:

Part I. Theory of the Mechanisms of Defense. The ego as the seat of observation; The application of analytic technique to the study of the psychic institutions; The ego's defensive operations considered as an object of analysis; The mechanisms of defense; Orientation of the processes of defense according to the source of anxiety and danger

Part II. Examples of Avoidance of Objective Unpleasure and Objective Danger Preliminary Stages of Defense. Denial in fantasy; Denial in word and act; Restriction of the ego

Part III. Examples of Two Types of Defense. Identification with the aggressor; A form of altruism

Part IV. Defense Motivated by Fear of the Strength of the Instincts Illustrated by the Phenomena of Puberty. The ego and the id at puberty; Instinctual anxiety during puberty. Conclusion.

Notes:

"Originally published in German in 1936. The English translation was published in 1946 and reprinted, without changes, eighteen times. The present revised edition is based on the translation by Cecil Baines".

Contains "Foreword to the 1966 Edition" (p. v-vi).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-179) and index.

Local Notes:

Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.

Potok Collection copy inscribed "July 25, 1968. To Chaim Potok, On the occasion of Parent's Day of the Summer Educational programs of the Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital, notably the Bioscience Program for High Ability Secondary School students, and the Predoctoral training program for high ability college and medical students for orientation to academic careers in cardiovascular disease; in appreciation for helping to make this event so memorable by serving as guest speaker and panel participant. It is only fitting that a professional writer so exquisitely understanding of Parent-Adolescent relationships (the theme of this year's Parent's Day) should communicate, at least symbolically, with Anna Freud, likewise so very understanding and knowledgeable and universally influential by virtue of unique spiritual, intellectual and creative endowments. Victor Satinsky".

OCLC:

24051350