
The Self and Personality Structure
Open University Press
Published on 1. July 2002
Book
Hardback
129 pages
978-0-335-20564-6 (ISBN)
Description
The self is a notoriously difficult and at times obscure concept that underpins and guides much psychotherapy theory and practice. The corollary concept of personality is fundamentally linked to the concept of the self and has provided theorists and researchers in psychology with a more coherent set of principles with which to explicate the personal and attributional aspects of the self. The authors come from two quite separate schools of depth psychology (psychoanalytic and Adlerian) and provide an overview of the self and how it is conceptualized across the psychotherapies within various theories of personality. In addition to outlining some of the philosophical and historical issues surrounding the notion of selfhood, the authors examine classical and developmental models of psychoanalytic thought that implicitly point to the idea of self. The authors also outline Kohut's psychoanalytic self psychology in addition to Adlerian and other post Freudian, Jungian and post-Jungian, cognitive, humanistic, and existential contributions to the self and personality structure.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Milton Keynes
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
references, index
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 133 mm
Weight
200 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-335-20564-6 (9780335205646)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
The self and personality in context; psychoanalytic perspectives on the self - "classical" models; psychoanalytic perspectives on the self - "developmental" models; psychoanalytical perspectives on the self - late 20th century theory and technique; the social and interpersonal self in Adlerian and neo-Freudian theory; Jungian and post-Jungian perspectives on the psychodynamic self; cognitive perspectives on the self; humanistic, existential and transpersonal perspectives on the self.