ABSTRACT

The authors succeed in putting Freud's models of the mind into a historical and developmental framework and show the complexity of his thinking on the relationship between the conscious and unconscious mind.

chapter |8 pages

Introduction

part I|30 pages

Foundations

chapter One|19 pages

The development of Freud’s theory

chapter Two|9 pages

Basic assumptions

part II|16 pages

First phase: the affect—trauma frame of reference

chapter Three|14 pages

The affect-trauma model

part III|84 pages

Second phase: the topographical frame of reference

chapter Four|15 pages

The organization of the mental apparatus

chapter Five|10 pages

The system Unconscious

chapter Six|14 pages

The system Preconscious

chapter Seven|5 pages

The system Conscious

chapter Eight|15 pages

Transference

chapter Nine|23 pages

Dream processes

part IV|23 pages

Further aspects

chapter Ten|12 pages

Narcissism and object-love

part V|22 pages

Third phase: the structural frame of reference

chapter Twelve|7 pages

Characteristics

chapter Thirteen|13 pages

The three agencies

chapter |1 pages

A final word