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This book is a major rethinking of a central tenet of Freudian psychoanalysisthe repression theory. It centers on fundamental issues in practice and theory, beginning with a major conundrum for clinical psychoanalysis: how to understand apparently analyzable patients who resist the essential therapeutic measure of analysisinterpretation.

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"For a piece of coherent and seductive theorizing, one must turn to Bass." -- Times Literary Supplement

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Preface Introduction 1. Concreteness and fetishism, 2. Narcissism, thought and Eros 3. A dialogue with Hans Loewald: the two realities 4. The part object, depressive anxiety, and the environment 5. Analysis of surface, analysis of defense Afterword Notes References Index.

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      Publisher: Stanford University Press
      Publication Date: 01/01/2002
      ISBN13: 9780804738286, 978-0804738286
      ISBN10: 0804738289
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      Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book is a major rethinking of a central tenet of Freudian psychoanalysisthe repression theory. It centers on fundamental issues in practice and theory, beginning with a major conundrum for clinical psychoanalysis: how to understand apparently analyzable patients who resist the essential therapeutic measure of analysisinterpretation.

      Trade Review
      "For a piece of coherent and seductive theorizing, one must turn to Bass." -- Times Literary Supplement

      Table of Contents
      Preface Introduction 1. Concreteness and fetishism, 2. Narcissism, thought and Eros 3. A dialogue with Hans Loewald: the two realities 4. The part object, depressive anxiety, and the environment 5. Analysis of surface, analysis of defense Afterword Notes References Index.

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