Understanding mental objects
By: Meir Perlow.
Contributors: Institute of Psycho-analysis (Great Britain)
Series: New library of psychoanalysis ;; 22
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1995
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
Subjects: Object relations (Psychoanalysis)
Description: The ways in which an individual relates to and perceives other people (his or her 'objects') has always been a preoccupation of psychoanalysis and in recent years a plethora of concepts has grown up in the literature. In this groundbreaking study, Meir Perlow traces the major theoretical developments regarding mental objects and sets out to clarify the changing meanings of different concepts from context to context.

This long overdue clarification of a complex area, with its wide-ranging and imaginative grasp of the different theories about objects, will be an invaluable reference for all psychoanalysts and psychologists.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-201) and index.
"Published in association with the Institute of Psycho-analysis, London"--Cover.