The Essential Other
A Developmental Psychology of the Self
Basic Books (Publisher)
Published on 4. January 1994
Book
Hardback
480 pages
978-0-465-02066-9 (ISBN)
Description
In its evolution, psychoanalysis has increasingly recognized that human behavior is as motivated by the search for a coherent sense of self as it is impelled by drives and defenses. In this comprehensive study of development, Robert Galatzer-Levy and Bertram Cohler examine how across the course of lifeinfancy, toddlerhood, early childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, middle age, senescencehumans primarily structure their experience by creating meaning from their relations with other people. Drawing on resources from diverse fields, including psychoanalysis, psychology, sociology, anthropology, and literature, this book clarifies the mass of thinking and research findings in human development. Plentiful and precise examples illuminate the principles and empirical findings discussed. The authors multifaceted approach to understanding development allows them to examine how smaller developmental pathwayssuch as the growth of interpersonal skills, the awakening of the sexual self, the search for integritycontribute throughout life to the search for solace, support, and meaning in the context of essential others.
Packed with insights from many sources, this expansive description of the growth of the self will be an invaluable reference for both practitioners and researchers.
Packed with insights from many sources, this expansive description of the growth of the self will be an invaluable reference for both practitioners and researchers.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
500 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-465-02066-9 (9780465020669)
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Persons
Author
Chicago Institute for Psychanalysis, Illinois, USA
Content
* Introduction * The Human Environment of Infancy * Toddlerhood: The Self and Morality * The Toddler Years: Language, Play, Sex, and Anality * Early Childhood * Moving into the Larger World: Middle Childhood * Adolescence and Youth * Youth and Young Adulthood: Generation, Education, and the Family * Stable Adulthood: Work * Courtship, Engagement, Relationship, and Marriage * Midlife * Late Life * Conclusion