ABSTRACT

In this book, Neville Symington approaches the well-trodden subject of narcissism, offers us fresh insights from his long clinical experience with patients suffering from this disorder, and sketches some highlights in the history of the concept of narcissism.

chapter |4 pages

Introduction

chapter One|12 pages

Setting the stage

chapter Two|11 pages

The composite self

chapter Three|9 pages

The narcissistic option

chapter Four|11 pages

The intentionality of the self

chapter Five|9 pages

The erotization of the self

chapter Six|12 pages

The phenomenology of narcissism

chapter Eight|14 pages

The reversal of narcissism

chapter Ten|12 pages

The effects of narcissism on character