Dynamics of human aggression
Theoretical Foundations, Clinical Applications

This book seeks to resolve an issue that has divided psychoanalysts and other scholars of aggression for decades, namely the nature of aggression. The work expands and unifies the Freudian drive-based explanation of aggression into contemporary psychoanalytic theory and practice and brings Freudian theory into the 21st Century.

Prefacelbr>Section I: Toward a New View of Aggression in Analysislbr>1. Aggression in Psychoanalysis: Paradigm Shift from Drive to Motivational Theorylbr>2. Other Theorieslbr>3. A Case of Aggression in Analysis: I Always Hurt the One I Love--and Like It lbr>Section II: Theoretical Perspectiveslbr>4. The Agent of Aggressive Actionlbr>5. Aggression as Motivationlbr>6. Affects and Aggressionlbr>7. Developmental Perspectives on Aggressionlbr>Section III: Clinical Perspectiveslbr>8. Aggression in Phobic Stateslbr>9. The Role of Aggression in Sadomasochismlbr>10. Aggression in the Analysis of Male Hysterialbr>11. Intensive Psychotherapy of Aggression in a Borderline Personalitylbr>12. Aggression in the Analytic Process: Technical Considerationslbr>Referenceslbr>

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