The narcissistic pursuit of perfection / by Arnold Rothstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rothstein, Arnold, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Narcissism--Psychological aspects.

Narcissism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (345 p.)

Edition:

Revised edition.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book views the role of narcissism in analytic theory beginning with the writings of Freud and examines the conceptual changes that occurred with the development of ego psychology and object relations theory. With this revised editionthe authorexpands his discussion of patients considered to be narcissistic personality disordered in order to discuss the issue of clinical limits. This is illustrated by case material from two attempts at the analysis of patients with latent psychosis. Discussions of countertransference and humiliation have also been added.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to First Edition; Part I THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS; 1 Narcissism; 2 Narcissistic Personality Disorder; 3 Entitlement, Self-Destructiveness, and the Fear of Humiliation; 4 Countertransference; 5 The Analyzability of Narcissistic Personality Disorders; Part II EXAMPLES WITHIN THE CLASSIFICATION; 6 Levin and Kitty: Neurotic Narcissistic Personality and Normal Suppliant Personality Disorders; 7 Stiva: An Entitled Hedonist; 8 Dolly: A Depressed Neurotic Suppliant Personality Disorder

9 Vronsky: A Phallic-Narcissistic Character in Regression10 Anna: A Stereotypical Female Narcissistic Personality Disorder; 11 Aleksey Aleksandrovich: Narcissistic Investment in Bureaucratic Power; 12 Sergey lvanovich: Narcissistic Investment in Thinking; Part III NARCISSISM AND THE LIFE CYCLE; 13 The Vicissitudes of Narcissism; References; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 16, 2014).

ISBN:

0-429-92153-5

0-429-90730-3

0-367-10167-X

0-429-48253-1

1-78241-387-1

9780429482533

OCLC:

896636609