Description
Arrogance as a specific constellation of affect, fantasy, and behavior has received little attention in psychoanalysis. This is striking in light of the enormous amount of literature accumulated on the related phenomenon of narcissism. Rectifying this omission, the book in your hands addresses arrogance from multiple perspectives. Among the vantage points employed are psychoanalysis, evolutionary psychology, cross-cultural anthropology, fiction, as well as clinical work with children and adults. The result is a harmonious gestalt of insight that is bound to enhance the clinician's attunement to the covert anguish of those afflicted with arrogance.
Table of Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ABOUT THE EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS
INTRODUCTION
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER ONE
The realm of arrogance
Salman Akhtar
PART I: DEVELOPMENTAL REALM
CHAPTER TWO
An evolutionary hypothesis on arrogance
Kathryn Baselice and J. Anderson Thomson, Jr.
CHAPTER THREE
Arrogance of children and adolescents
Ann Smolen
CHAPTER FOUR
Defensive arrogance in adult philanderers
Jerome Blackman
PART II: CULTURAL REALM
CHAPTER FIVE
Arrogance in text and in context
Apurvah Shah
CHAPTER SIX
Literary portrayals of arrogance
Nilofer Kaul
PART III: CLINICAL REALM
CHAPTER SEVEN
Arrogance and aloneness
Kathleen Ross
CHAPTER EIGHT
Arrogance in countertransference
Dhwani Shah
CHAPTER NINE
Managing arrogance in child analysis
Susan Sherkow
EPILOGUE
CHAPTER TEN
The realm of humility
Salman Akhtar
REFERENCES
INDEX
