Love Relations: Normality and Pathology

Love Relations: Normality and Pathology

Dr. Otto Kernberg, the internationally renowned psychoanalytic theorist and clinician, here examines the success and failure of sexual love in couples, from adolescence to old age. Dr. Kernberg considers the two partners' conscious and unconscious emotional interactions and their unconsciously activated superego interactions. He also suggests that they establish a joint ego ideal as a couple, which plays an important role in the success of the relationship. And because the couple experiences love and sex in the context of the social environment, he studies the nature of relations between the couple and the group. After describing the biological and psychological determinants and elements of the sexual experience, Dr. Kernberg traces the nature of that experience over time in the light of object relations theory. He shows how the activation of unconscious, internalized object relations from the past triggers the most troubling conflicts and is also responsible for the most exciting aspects of a couple's love life. Throughout, Dr. Kernberg considers both so-called normal and pathological relationships, including the role of narcissism, masochism, and aggression in each. The result is a book that expands the boundaries of our current understanding of love relations.
Country USA
Manufacturer Yale University Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber black & white illustrations
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780300074352
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Yale University Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	black & white illustrations
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780300074352
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Love Relations: Normality and Pathology

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