Karl Abraham : the birth of object relations theory / by Isabel Sanfeliu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sanfeliú, Isabel, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Abraham, Karl, 1877-1925.

Abraham, Karl.

Psychoanalysts--Biography.

Psychoanalysts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : Routledge, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, [2018].

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Together with Ferenczi, Karl Abraham was perhaps Freud's most creative and devoted disciple. In this book, after outlining the socio-cultural context of the day, Isabel Sanfeliu examines Abraham's life as a student, his family environment and his first steps as a physician and psychoanalyst. As a clinical doctor Abraham was calm and detached, and a good example of a stable and objective analyst. Despite his strong personality, his loyalty towards Freud never wavered. At the pioneering Psychoanalytic Institute which he founded and directed in Berlin, he established a series of professional standards which are still observed today. The present book is organised around an examination of Abraham's psychoanalytic work, according to his different fields of interest, before going on to consider his rigorously conducted clinical research. Abrahams's findings regarding the positive role of aggression in the development of the baby constitutes one of his original theories, as does the establishment of boundaries with the onset of object love.

Contents:

COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; FOREWORD TO THE ENGLISH EDITION; FOREWORD; PART I ABRAHAM, PSYCHOANALYSIS, AND HIS TIME; CHAPTER ONE An introduction; CHAPTER TWO Historical context; CHAPTER THREE The limits of a life; CHAPTER FOUR Abraham's time in Zurich: the decisive change (1904-1907); CHAPTER FIVE Transfer to Berlin (1908-1915); CHAPTER SIX The Great War; CHAPTER SEVEN The psychoanalytic trenches again; PART II ABRAHAM'S ROLE AND UNIQUENESS IN PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; CHAPTER EIGHT First psychoanalytic papers, his theoretical contribution

CHAPTER NINE Abraham and the psychoanalytic movementCHAPTER TEN Abraham, linguistics, and mythology; CHAPTER ELEVEN Applied psychoanalysis; CHAPTER TWELVE The correspondence; CHAPTER THIRTEEN The Berlin Psychoanalytic Society, the Institute, and the Polyclinic; CHAPTER FOURTEEN Training analyst and supervisor; PART III EVOLUTION OF ABRAHAM'S THOUGHT REGARDING THE HISTORY OF LIBIDINAL DEVELOPMENT (1907-1925); CHAPTER FIFTEEN Incorporation into psychoanalysis; CHAPTER SIXTEEN The beginnings of object theory (1907-1916); CHAPTER SEVENTEEN The first pregenital stage of the libido (1916)

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN A short study of the development of the libido, viewed in the light of mental disorders (1924)CHAPTER NINETEEN Character-formation on the genital level of the libido; CHAPTER TWENTY Final papers; PART IV ABRAHAM, THE OBJECT, AND PSYCHOANALYSIS; CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE The object as a key concept; CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO Abraham-pioneer of object relations theory; CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE To conclude; CHRONOLOGY; THE SCIENTIFIC ENVIRONMENT OF KARL ABRAHAM; APPENDIX; REFERENCES; INDEX

Notes:

"First published in Spanish in 2002 as Karl Abraham o el descubrimiento de la melancolía by Biblioteca Nueva"--T. p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 21, 2014).

ISBN:

0-429-91538-1

0-429-90115-1

0-429-47638-8

1-78241-219-0

9780429476389

OCLC:

879424475