Feeling, Being, and the Sense of Self:
A New Perspective on Identity, Affect and Narcissistic Disorders

Marcus West

Feeling, Being, and the Sense of Self: A New Perspective on Identity, Affect and Narcissistic Disorders
280 pages
Publisher: Karnac Books, 2007
ISBN-1780495021, 9781780495026

Description
This book explores the underlying mechanisms of the psyche. It traces the development of the individual and, in particular, the development of the sense of self, which is understood to be intimately related to the individual's object relations and to play a crucial role in core clinical phenomena. The book outlines a new perspective on identity and affect which sheds light into the heartland of analytic theory, providing fresh insights into narcissism, and narcissistic, borderline, hysteric, and schizoid psychopathologies.

Common terms and phrases
affect regulation, affective appraisal, Analytical Psychology, annihilation, archetypal, attachment theory, aversion to difference, Bion, Bollas, countertransference, Damasio, Fonagy, Fordham, identity-affect model, Jung, Jungian, Jurist, Klein, Lacan, LeDoux, Matte Blanco, narcissistic, paranoid-schizoid, projective identification, right hemisphere, Schore, second-order representation, self-regulating, self-representation, social constructionism, Winnicott

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