Karl Abraham The Birth of Object Relations Theory

Foreword to the English Edition -- Foreword -- Abraham, Psychoanalysis, and his Time -- An introduction -- Historical context -- The limits of a life -- Abraham’s time in Zurich: the decisive change (1904–1907) -- Transfer to Berlin (1908–1915) -- The Great War -- The psychoanalytic trenches again -- Abraham’s Role and Uniqueness in Psychoanalytic Theory -- First psychoanalytic papers, his theoretical contribution -- Abraham and the psychoanalytic movement -- Abraham, linguistics, and mythology -- Applied psychoanalysis -- The correspondence -- The Berlin Psychoanalytic Society, the Institute, and the Polyclinic -- Training analyst and supervisor -- Evolution of Abraham’s Thought Regarding the History of Libidinal Development (1907–1925) -- Incorporation into psychoanalysis -- The beginnings of object theory (1907–1916) -- The first pregenital stage of the libido (1916) -- A short study of the development of the libido, viewed in the light of mental disorders (1924) -- Character-formation on the genital level of the libido -- Final papers -- Abraham, the Object, and Psychoanalysis -- The object as a key concept -- Abraham—pioneer of object relations theory -- To conclude -- Chronology -- The Scientific Environment of Karl Abraham -- Appendix

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