Narcissism by Marianne Leuzinger-Bohleber, Stephan Hau, Rogr... - 9781032932989

NarcissismPsychoanalytic Clinicians and Researchers in Dialogue\nAuthor(s): Marianne Leuzinger-Bohleber, Stephan Hau, Rogrio Lerner, Erik Stnicke, Siri Erika Gullestad\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032932989, 978-1032932989\nSynopsis\nNarcissism: Psychoanalytic Clinicians and Researchers in Dialogue presents current research and practice on working psychoanalytically with narcissism.\n\nThe contributors discuss a broad spectrum of approaches for understanding narcissism, from cultural-theoretical and social perspectives to clinical psychoanalytic observations and conceptual clarifications of terms, and new interdisciplinary and extra-clinical psychoanalytic research. Part I deals with the social danger posed by the close, unconscious link between pathological narcissism and extreme destructiveness. Part II is devoted to insights gained from years of psychoanalysis and long-term psychoanalytic treatment of pati.