Envy and Gratitude Revisited

Summary

These stimulating essays are evidence that 50 years after its publication Melanie Klein's Envy and Gratitude is still a rich source of psychoanalytic inspiration. Sixteen highly regarded analysts, representing a wide range of psychoanalytic thinking, provide new insights and highlight current developments without avoiding the controversies that surround the original publication. The clinical and literary material is engaging and illustrates the effect of theory on practice and the influence of practice on the evolution of theory.Contents:Foreword - R. Horacio EtchegoyenIntroduction - Priscilla Roth1) "Even now, now, very now . . ." On envy and the hatred of love - Ignes Sodre2) Envy, narcissism, and the destructive instinct - Robert Caper3) Envy and Gratitude: some current reflections - H. Shmuel Erlich4) An independent response to Envy and Gratitude - Caroline Polmear5) On gratitude - Edna O'Shaughnessy6) Keeping envy in mind: the vicissitudes of envy in adolescent motherhood - Alessandra Lemma7) Envy in Western society: today and tomorrow - Florence Guignard8) He thinks himself impaired: the pathologically envious personality - Ronald Britton9)

Table of Contents

Foreword - R. Horacio Etchegoyen Introduction - Priscilla Roth 1 A"Even now, now, very now ...A" On envy and the hatred of love. - Ignes Sodre 2 Envy, narcissism, and the destructive instinct. - Robert Caper 3 "Envy and Gratitude": some current reflections. - H. Shmuel Erlich 4 An independent response to "Envy and Gratitude". - Caroline Polmear 5 On gratitude. - Edna O'Shaughnessy 6 Keeping envy in mind: the vicissitudes of envy in adolescent motherhood. - Alessandra Lemma 7 Envy in Western society: today and tomorrow. - Florence Guignard 8 He thinks himself impaired: the pathologically envious personality. - Ronald Britton 9 The repetition compulsion, envy, and the death instinct. - John Steiner 10 Romantic perversion: the role of envy in the creation of a timeless universe. - Heinz WeiA 11 Envy and the negative therapeutic reaction. - Michael Feldman 12 Reflections on "Envy and Gratitude". - Irma Brenman-Pick 13 Being envious of envy and gratitude. - Peter Fonagy 14 Vicious circles of envy and punishment. - Henry F. Smith

Editor(s) Bio

Alessandra Lemma