Where do we fall when we fall in love?
By: Elisabeth Young-Bruehl.
Publisher: Other Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 339
Subjects: Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939.; Psychoanalysis.
Description: "In these writings, many of them published for the first time in this volume, the author reconceptualizes psychoanalytical theory of instinctual drives and object relations. Among a wide range of issues, she considers sexual identity and gender theory along with character theory. These essays continue the investigation of love that she began with her previous coauthored book, Cherishment: A Psychology of the Heart."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Many of the essays in this book appeared previously in various journals between 1998 and 2002.
Table of contents: title: Where do we fall when we fall in love?; title: Cherishment culture / coauthored with Faith Bethelard; title: The hidden history of the ego instincts / coauthored wtih Faith Bethelard; title: The wise baby as the voice of the true self / coauthored wtih Faith Bethelard; title: A developmental matrix for the ego ideal; title: A visit to the Budapest school; title: Reflections on women and psychoanalysis; title: Are all human beings "by nature" bisexual?; title: Beyond the "female homosexual"; title: The characters of violence; title: Homophobias : a diagnostic and political manual; title: Psychoanalysis and characterology; title: Amae in ancient Greece / coauthored with Joseph Russo.