Narcissism and Its Discontents [electronic resource] /
Walsh, J.author.
Narcissism and Its Discontents challenges the received wisdom that narcissism is only destructive of good social relations. By building on insights from psychoanalysis and critical theory it puts forward a theorisation of narcissistic sociability which redeems Narcissus from his position as the subject of negative critique.
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 On the Introduction of Narcissism to Psychoanalytic Theory: 1914 and Its Consequences; 2 Socialising Narcissus via the Case of 'Little Hans'; 3 Sociology 1: On the Narcissism of Nostalgia; 4 Sociology 2: Cultural Narcissism - Some Examples from Anglo-American Sociology; 5 'Exceptional' Woman and Exemplary Sociability: The Figure of the Narquette; 6 From Narcissism to Melancholia, and Back Again . . .; Notes; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Narcissism and Its Discontents challenges the received wisdom that narcissism is only destructive of good social relations. By building on insights from psychoanalysis and critical theory it puts forward a theorisation of narcissistic sociability which redeems Narcissus from his position as the subject of negative critique.
Clinical psychology.
Personality.
Social psychology.
Psychoanalysis.
Culture.
Psychotherapy.
Counseling.
Sociology.
Clinical Psychology.
Personality and Social Psychology.
Psychoanalysis.
Sociology of Culture.
Psychotherapy and Counseling.
Sociology, general.