Transforming narcissism
Subtitle: reflections on empathy, humor, and expectations
By: Frank M. Lachmann
Series: Psychoanalytic inquiry book series -- v. 28
Publisher: Analytic Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9780881634792; 9780881634686
Subjects: Kohut, Heinz; Self psychology; Psychoanalysis; Narcissism; Empathy; Ego (Psychology); Mother and infant
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-246) and index
Table of contents: title: The process of transforming; title: Implicit and explicit communication; title: The road to empathy; title: Empathic understanding; title: Through the lens of humor; title: Expectations: affirmed and violated; title: Perversions of sexuality and aggression; title: Creative artists as violators of expectations; title: Disorders of time; title: In search of wisdom; title: What happens to theory?