ABSTRACT
Originally published in 1933, the author’s ambition was to depict the child's mind as revealed to us by psychoanalysis. It was not intended to teach the technique of psychoanalysis as applied to children nor to formulate a methodology of education. The author starts by defining the concepts of psychoanalysis and children with reference to his earlier title dealing with psychoanalysis in relation to education: fundamental mechanisms; complexes; typical disturbances and methods. In this title he chooses to focus on complexes which he believed was ‘the heart of the matter’. A great opportunity to read an early interpretation of psychoanalysis and its application to children.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |72 pages
Complexes of the Object
chapter |15 pages
Cain or Fraternal Rivalry
chapter |17 pages
Oedipus and Filial Affection
chapter |17 pages
Destruction
chapter |21 pages
Display and Mystery
part |63 pages
Complexes of the Ego
chapter |18 pages
Mutilation
chapter |24 pages
Diana Would You Rather be a Girl or a Boy?
chapter |19 pages
Birth
part |65 pages
Relations and Regulations