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Passions of the mind : unheard melodies, the third principle of mental functioning /

As social animals, each of us can only be partly understood through insights into our individual psychodynamics. There is, within us, another principle at work: to preserve the group, even at the expense of the individual. In this innovative synthesis of classical psychoanalysis and recent interpers...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Boris, Harold N., 1932- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, [1993]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:As social animals, each of us can only be partly understood through insights into our individual psychodynamics. There is, within us, another principle at work: to preserve the group, even at the expense of the individual. In this innovative synthesis of classical psychoanalysis and recent interpersonal and object relations psychology, Harold N. Boris constructs a necessary bridge between individual psychodynamics and group dynamics. This bridge rests upon two, complementary foundations: the egoistically- defined pleasure principle of The Couple and the socially defined selection principl.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-287) and index.
ISBN:9780814723470
0814723470