Reason and Passion
Subtitle: A Celebration of the Work of Hanna Segal (Tavistock Clinic)
Edition: 2Rev Ed edition
Publisher: Karnac Books
Published: May 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781855759695
Subjects: Psychoanalysis & psychoanalytical theory; Psychology; Movements - Psychoanalysis; Psychology & Psychiatry / Psychoanalysis
First sentence: Melanie Klein's paper on 'The Importance of Symbol Formation in the Development of the Ego', published in 1930, was a milestone in two respects: first, it opened up the study of symbolisation as a creative and developmental process, and second, it showed how abnormalities in the ability to form symbols could cripple the development of the ego.