Psychoanalysis And Self Psychology
A Metapsychological Essay With A Clinical Illustration
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8333034 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nikolaas Treurniet (Eemnesserweg 24, 1261 HG Blaricum (N.H.), The Netherlands, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 59-100 |
| Publication date | 1983-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0651 • E-ISSN: 1941-2460 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/000306518303100103 |
| PMID | 6681422 |
| OpenAlex | W2059657442 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 18 |
This paper is an attempt to evaluate critically some theoretical and clinical consequences of the psychoanalytic psychology of the self in its broad, supraordinate position. From this either-or position, advocated by Kohut and his followers, self psychology corrodes some of the most central explanatory concepts of psychoanalysis--conflict, transference, and resistance. In an extensive case illustration, I have tried to show the conceptual and technical impoverishment of the self-psychological views with respect to the concepts of organization in conflict, in defense, and in development, and with respect to the role of aggression and to the concepts of transference and resistance. These consequences of the supraordinate self-psychological viewpoint are related to its overt attack on metapsychology, which is linked to an epistemological fallacy as a consequence of the exclusive use of empathy and introspection with grave consequences for our explanatory power, i.e., a fundamental confusion between the realms of content and of function. This also implies an obstacle in the systematic study of self-deception and a threat to psychoanalysis defined as the study of human behavior considered from the viewpoint of conflict. Finally, an attempt is made to integrate the views of Kohut with those of Winnicott and of classical metapsychology
Cognitive psychology · Ego psychology · Empathy · Epistemology · Fallacy · Id, ego and super-ego · Introspection · Metapsychology · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Resistance (ecology) · Self · Self psychology · Self-awareness · Self-deception · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Philosophy · Psychoanalysis and Social Critique · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology
The Maturational Processes and the Facilitating Environment
The Concept of the Representational World
The Restoration of the Self
Ego Psychology and the Problem of Adaptation
Toward a Critique of the Psychology of the Self
Metapsychology and Psychoanalytic Theory
The Contributions of Edith Jacobson
Borderlands of Sanity
| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 1987 - 2025 (39) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |