ABSTRACT
This chapter provides a schematic account of the two concepts as they were seen in the second phase of psychoanalysis. It is important to note that after the second phase the concept of narcissism was more fully incorporated into Sigmund Freud's model of mental functioning, although it also became much more complex. Freud's paper "On Narcissism" opened up the way for further considerations of the important topic of identification. During this phase Freud developed the theory of the instinctual drives, first seen as the pressure of a sexual energy which sought "discharge" in some form of physical or mental activity. According to the formulations of the second phase, love of another is object-love, while love of oneself is narcissism. Based on his formulations on narcissism and object-love, Freud put forward the idea of two main paths towards the ultimate choice of an object, paths that also influence the type of object-relationship reached by the individual.
