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Narcissism: A New Theory » (Reprint)

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Authors: Neville Symington
ISBN-13: 9781855750470, ISBN-10: 1855750473
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Karnac Books
Date Published: December 1993
Edition: Reprint

Author Biography: Neville Symington

Neville Symington is the author of established psychoanalytic classics including Emotion and Spirit; Narcissism: A New Theory; The Making of a Psychotherapist; The Spirit of Sanity; A Pattern of Madness and How to Choose a Psychotherapist. His previous volume A Pattern of Madness is a magnum opus which gives psychoanalysis a new theoretical structure. He works as a psychoanalyst in private practice in Australia.

Book Synopsis

The author presents fresh insights into the subject of narcissism, drawing on his vast clinical experience of treating people suffering from this disorder.

	Foreword
	Preface
	Introduction	1
1	Setting the stage	5
2	The composite self	17
3	The narcissistic option	29
4	The intentionality of the self	39
5	The erotization of the self	51
6	The phenomenology of narcissism	61
7	The relation between trauma and the narcissistic option	73
8	The reversal of narcissism	81
9	The relation of this theory to other psychoanalytic theories	95
10	The effects of narcissism on character	113
	Bibliography	125
	Index	129