ABSTRACT
This book deals with one particular problem that is with the ways and means by which the ego wards off unpleasure and anxiety, and exercises control over impulsive behavior, affects, and instinctive urges. It is a major contribution to psychoanalytic psychology.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|65 pages
Theory of the Mechanisms of Defense
part II|39 pages
Examples of the Avoidance of Objective Unpleasure and Objective Danger
part III|28 pages
Examples of Two Types of Defense
part IV|38 pages
Defense Motivated by Fear of the Strength of the Instincts
