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Psychoanalytic self psychology and its conceptual development in light of developmental psychology, attachment theory, and neuroscience.

Hartmann, Hans‐Peter·2009·Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
DOI 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04476.x
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The chapter starts with a historical overview of the subject of narcissism in psychoanalysis. Some sociophilosophical definitions of narcissism are explained and the connection to self psychology is described. It is especially referred to Honneth's Struggle for Recognition, which is related to the need for selfobject experiences. An outline of different concepts concerning narcissism, especially in the European psychoanalytic tradition, follows and leads to a clearer understanding of Kohut's conception of the self and its selfobjects. Because self psychology can often be understood as applied developmental psychology, useful links to attachment research are described and the move to the level of representation by mentalization is clarified. Further development of self psychology in the direction of intersubjectivity helps to supply connections to systems theory. Recently developed theories of empathy with reference to neurobiological findings provide a dynamic perspective of the activation of empathy. Thus, empathy seems to be better understood as a sort of contagion on which cognitive cortical processes are superimposed. Finally, the therapeutic process in psychoanalytic self psychology is portrayed. This process implies a disruption and repair process by which transmuting internalization can take place. More current theories of self psychology view this process in its essence intersubjectively as a co-construction between patient and analyst. The paper concludes with some hints for a paradigm shift in the direction of a more holistic understanding of the self.

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Authors
Hartmann, H.
Corresponding author
Hartmann, Hans‐Peter
Venue
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2009-04
Volume
1159
Issue
1
Pages
86-105
ISSN
  • 0077-8923 (ISSN-L)
  • 1749-6632
DOI
10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.04476.x
OpenAlex
W1980655915
Cited by
21
References
67
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 1
FWCI
0.23
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor (vor)
Locations
  • Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research
  • Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Psychoanalysis and Social Critique
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychology and Mental Health
Keywords
psychoanalytic self psychology, narcissism, Honneth, struggle for recognition, Kohut, attachment theory, mentalization, intersubjectivity, systems theory, empathy, neurobiology of empathy, therapeutic process, holistic self
MeSH terms
Humans, Narcissism, Neurosciences, Object Attachment, Personality Development, Psychoanalysis, Psychoanalytic Theory, Self Psychology, History, 20th Century, History, 21st Century

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