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Identity, Narcissism, and the Other
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Identity, Narcissism, and the Other

Object Relations and their Obstacles

Identity, Narcissism, and the Other

Object Relations and their Obstacles

ByJean Arundale
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2017
eBook Published 9 March 2018
Pub. location London
Imprint Routledge
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.4324/9780429475719
Pages 214 pages
eBook ISBN 9780429900488
SubjectsBehavioral Sciences
KeywordsPrimal Scene, Unconscious Phantasy, Dream Interpretation, Primal Scene Phantasy, Narcissistic Organisation
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Arundale, J. (2017). Identity, Narcissism, and the Other. London: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429475719
ABOUT THIS BOOK

Practitioners of psychoanalysis find three central themes to be recurrent and ubiquitous in every analysis; firstly, issues around identity, the struggle to know the self, to understand the self and to be the self in an authentic way. Intricately entangled with self-identity is the problem of narcissism, essentially viewed as a defensive retreat to a mental state characterized by an unconscious belief in the special value of the self and the diminution of the Other. However, there are a multitude of inherent anxieties involved in close and intimate relationships. As Freud pointed out, even in our most intimate relationships there is an element of hostility. Threats to both the self and other, and various anxieties around libidinal contact, will be examined in this book using case material, and the relationship between these three important themes, identity, narcissism and the other, separate but interconnected, will be explored.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter One|22 pages
The way to identity: an auspicious method?
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Two|18 pages
Otherness and the other
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Three|15 pages
Narcissism and unconscious phantasy
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Four|19 pages
From omnipotence to ordinary potency and identity
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Five|10 pages
Non-consummation: a narcissistic organisation
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Six|14 pages
The other as alien: psychic atopia
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Seven|15 pages
Sexuality in psychoanalysis
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Eight|19 pages
Negative therapeutic reaction re-examined
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Nine|16 pages
Symbol formation and dreams: the art of Odilon Redon
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Ten|12 pages
Dreams as access to the primal scene
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Eleven|15 pages
Arrested development: notes on a case of paedophilia
ByJean Arundale
View abstract

Practitioners of psychoanalysis find three central themes to be recurrent and ubiquitous in every analysis; firstly, issues around identity, the struggle to know the self, to understand the self and to be the self in an authentic way. Intricately entangled with self-identity is the problem of narcissism, essentially viewed as a defensive retreat to a mental state characterized by an unconscious belief in the special value of the self and the diminution of the Other. However, there are a multitude of inherent anxieties involved in close and intimate relationships. As Freud pointed out, even in our most intimate relationships there is an element of hostility. Threats to both the self and other, and various anxieties around libidinal contact, will be examined in this book using case material, and the relationship between these three important themes, identity, narcissism and the other, separate but interconnected, will be explored.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter One|22 pages
The way to identity: an auspicious method?
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Two|18 pages
Otherness and the other
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Three|15 pages
Narcissism and unconscious phantasy
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Four|19 pages
From omnipotence to ordinary potency and identity
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Five|10 pages
Non-consummation: a narcissistic organisation
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Six|14 pages
The other as alien: psychic atopia
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Seven|15 pages
Sexuality in psychoanalysis
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Eight|19 pages
Negative therapeutic reaction re-examined
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Nine|16 pages
Symbol formation and dreams: the art of Odilon Redon
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Ten|12 pages
Dreams as access to the primal scene
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Eleven|15 pages
Arrested development: notes on a case of paedophilia
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS BOOK

Practitioners of psychoanalysis find three central themes to be recurrent and ubiquitous in every analysis; firstly, issues around identity, the struggle to know the self, to understand the self and to be the self in an authentic way. Intricately entangled with self-identity is the problem of narcissism, essentially viewed as a defensive retreat to a mental state characterized by an unconscious belief in the special value of the self and the diminution of the Other. However, there are a multitude of inherent anxieties involved in close and intimate relationships. As Freud pointed out, even in our most intimate relationships there is an element of hostility. Threats to both the self and other, and various anxieties around libidinal contact, will be examined in this book using case material, and the relationship between these three important themes, identity, narcissism and the other, separate but interconnected, will be explored.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter One|22 pages
The way to identity: an auspicious method?
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Two|18 pages
Otherness and the other
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Three|15 pages
Narcissism and unconscious phantasy
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Four|19 pages
From omnipotence to ordinary potency and identity
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Five|10 pages
Non-consummation: a narcissistic organisation
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Six|14 pages
The other as alien: psychic atopia
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Seven|15 pages
Sexuality in psychoanalysis
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Eight|19 pages
Negative therapeutic reaction re-examined
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Nine|16 pages
Symbol formation and dreams: the art of Odilon Redon
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Ten|12 pages
Dreams as access to the primal scene
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Eleven|15 pages
Arrested development: notes on a case of paedophilia
ByJean Arundale
View abstract

Practitioners of psychoanalysis find three central themes to be recurrent and ubiquitous in every analysis; firstly, issues around identity, the struggle to know the self, to understand the self and to be the self in an authentic way. Intricately entangled with self-identity is the problem of narcissism, essentially viewed as a defensive retreat to a mental state characterized by an unconscious belief in the special value of the self and the diminution of the Other. However, there are a multitude of inherent anxieties involved in close and intimate relationships. As Freud pointed out, even in our most intimate relationships there is an element of hostility. Threats to both the self and other, and various anxieties around libidinal contact, will be examined in this book using case material, and the relationship between these three important themes, identity, narcissism and the other, separate but interconnected, will be explored.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter One|22 pages
The way to identity: an auspicious method?
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Two|18 pages
Otherness and the other
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Three|15 pages
Narcissism and unconscious phantasy
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Four|19 pages
From omnipotence to ordinary potency and identity
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Five|10 pages
Non-consummation: a narcissistic organisation
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Six|14 pages
The other as alien: psychic atopia
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Seven|15 pages
Sexuality in psychoanalysis
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Eight|19 pages
Negative therapeutic reaction re-examined
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Nine|16 pages
Symbol formation and dreams: the art of Odilon Redon
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Ten|12 pages
Dreams as access to the primal scene
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Eleven|15 pages
Arrested development: notes on a case of paedophilia
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
ABOUT THIS BOOK
ABOUT THIS BOOK

Practitioners of psychoanalysis find three central themes to be recurrent and ubiquitous in every analysis; firstly, issues around identity, the struggle to know the self, to understand the self and to be the self in an authentic way. Intricately entangled with self-identity is the problem of narcissism, essentially viewed as a defensive retreat to a mental state characterized by an unconscious belief in the special value of the self and the diminution of the Other. However, there are a multitude of inherent anxieties involved in close and intimate relationships. As Freud pointed out, even in our most intimate relationships there is an element of hostility. Threats to both the self and other, and various anxieties around libidinal contact, will be examined in this book using case material, and the relationship between these three important themes, identity, narcissism and the other, separate but interconnected, will be explored.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter One|22 pages
The way to identity: an auspicious method?
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Two|18 pages
Otherness and the other
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Three|15 pages
Narcissism and unconscious phantasy
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Four|19 pages
From omnipotence to ordinary potency and identity
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Five|10 pages
Non-consummation: a narcissistic organisation
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Six|14 pages
The other as alien: psychic atopia
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Seven|15 pages
Sexuality in psychoanalysis
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Eight|19 pages
Negative therapeutic reaction re-examined
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Nine|16 pages
Symbol formation and dreams: the art of Odilon Redon
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Ten|12 pages
Dreams as access to the primal scene
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Eleven|15 pages
Arrested development: notes on a case of paedophilia
ByJean Arundale
View abstract

Practitioners of psychoanalysis find three central themes to be recurrent and ubiquitous in every analysis; firstly, issues around identity, the struggle to know the self, to understand the self and to be the self in an authentic way. Intricately entangled with self-identity is the problem of narcissism, essentially viewed as a defensive retreat to a mental state characterized by an unconscious belief in the special value of the self and the diminution of the Other. However, there are a multitude of inherent anxieties involved in close and intimate relationships. As Freud pointed out, even in our most intimate relationships there is an element of hostility. Threats to both the self and other, and various anxieties around libidinal contact, will be examined in this book using case material, and the relationship between these three important themes, identity, narcissism and the other, separate but interconnected, will be explored.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter One|22 pages
The way to identity: an auspicious method?
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Two|18 pages
Otherness and the other
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Three|15 pages
Narcissism and unconscious phantasy
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Four|19 pages
From omnipotence to ordinary potency and identity
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Five|10 pages
Non-consummation: a narcissistic organisation
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Six|14 pages
The other as alien: psychic atopia
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Seven|15 pages
Sexuality in psychoanalysis
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Eight|19 pages
Negative therapeutic reaction re-examined
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Nine|16 pages
Symbol formation and dreams: the art of Odilon Redon
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Ten|12 pages
Dreams as access to the primal scene
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
chapter Eleven|15 pages
Arrested development: notes on a case of paedophilia
ByJean Arundale
View abstract
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