Full Description
In The Mythology Surrounding Freud and Klein, Charlotte Schwartz challenges the current misperceptions and theoretical ideas surrounding Sigmund Freud and Melanie Klein through a systematic review of their respective theoretical work and clinical studies. Specifically, Schwartz argues against the current perception that Klein was the originator of object relations theory and that Freud's metapsychology was a drive-centered theory with little regard for the object and object relations. Schwartz further examines the development of drive and object relations through a review of key theorists who influenced psychoanalytic training and treatment methodology in this area, including Ferenczi, Abraham, Jones, Fairbairn, Guntrip, and Winnicott. This book is recommended for scholars of psychology and history.
Contents
Chapter 1: Freud: The Progenitor of Object Relations Theory
Chapter 2: Freud's Case Studies: The Hidden Object
Chapter 3: Klein's Object and Drive Theories: A Perpetuated Myth
Chapter 4: Klein's Case Studies
Chapter 5: The Triumvirate: Ferenczi, Abraham, and Jones
Chapter 6: Fairbairn: The Reclusive Scot and his Object Theories
Chapter 7: Guntrip: A New Movement
Chapter 8: D. W. Winnicott: The Herald
Chapter 9: Freud-Klein Controversies 1941-1945
