When Theories Touch

J. Ellman, Steven

• Series Editor’s Preface -- Preface -- Freud Chapters -- Freud’s heroic era: the first ten years -- The psychoanalytic era begins: dream theory–psycho-sexuality -- Freud’s object relations era: the metapsychological papers -- The structural model -- Major Post-Freudian Theorists -- The new ego psychology: Anna Freud and Heinz Hartmann -- The Kleinian revolution -- The controversial discussions -- Klein’s “Envy and gratitude” -- Fairbairn: a new object relations voice -- Winnicott: in search of the real -- Sullivan: interpersonal psychoanalysis, relational beginnings -- Mahler: symbiosis and separation–individuation -- Kohut: a new self-psychological perspective -- Kernberg: integrating object relations and ego psychology -- Bion, Klein, and Freud -- From ego psychology to contemporary conflict theory: a historical overview -- Contemporary Issues in Psychoanalysis -- Structural theory, relational critiques, and integrative attempts -- A tentative developmental model -- Epilogue