Personality and psychopathology
Subtitle: critical dialogues with David Shapiro
By: Craig Piers, editor
Contributors: Shapiro, David, 1926-
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9781441962133
Subjects: Psychotherapy; Personality; Influence; Pathological Psychology
Notes: "This book brings together leading figures in psychodynamic thought to critically evaluate essential aspects of Shapiro's work.... Shapiro has written a formal response to each chapter and the contributors were invited to conclude the exchange with a rejoinder"--P. ix.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Another view of psychotherapy? / Herbert J. Schlesinger; title: Personality in context : reflections on the contributions of David Shapiro / Paul L. Wachtel; title: A new developmental foundation for David Shapiro's work on autonomy and character / E. Virginia Demos; title: Two configurations of personality development and psychopathology : etiologic and therapeutic implications / Sidney J. Blatt; title: Autonomy and schizophrenia : reflections on an ideal / Louis A. Sass; title: Reconceptualizing defense, unconscious processes, and self-knowledge : David Shapiro's contribution / Morris N. Eagle; title: Defensive styles of thinking to prevent dreaded states of mind / Mardi J. Horowitz; title: Self-deceptive speech : a psycholinguistic view / Michael F. Schober and Peter J. Glick; title: Neurotic self-deception as a reproductive strategy / Lawrence Josephs; title: David Shapiro's characterology and complex systems theory / Craig Piers; title: I don't want to want to : intentionality and craving in addiction / Mindy Greenstein; title: Activity, passivity, and the subjective experience of hypomania / Andreas Evdokas and Ali Khadivi; title: Appendix A : On two fundamental categories of psychopathology / David Shapiro; title: Appendix B : Publications by David Shapiro.