1st Edition
Aggression and Destructiveness Psychoanalytic Perspectives
Part I: Mapping the Terrain. Harding, Making Sense of Aggression, Destructiveness and Violence. Royston, Destructiveness: Revenge, Dysfunction or Constitutional Envy? Part II: Developmental and Theoretical Perspectives. Parsons, From Biting Teeth to Biting Wit: The Normative Development of Aggression. Renn, Attachment, Trauma and Violence: Understanding Destructiveness from an Attachment Theory Perspective. Harrison, 'In Pieces': The Effects of the Memory of a Violent Father on a Son's Development. Ruszczynski, The Problem of Certain Psychic Realities: Aggression and Violence as Perverse Solutions. Part III: Destructiveness in Disguise and as Disguise. Mann, Misanthropy and the Broken Mirror of Narcissism: Hatred in the Narcissistic Personality. Harding, The Victim's Revenge: He is 'Crime' and I am 'Punishment' (Rigoletto). Woods, Bullying, Education and the Role of Psychotherapy. Christie, On a Hiding into Nothing? Work with Women Affected by Violence. Kleimberg, Some Reflections on the Connections Between Aggression and Depression. Lucas, Destructive Attacks on Reality and the Self. Amos, 'Poison his Delight': Destructiveness and the Ending of Treatment. Thomas, Absence and Absent-mindedness.
Biography
Celia Harding is a Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist in private practice in East London and editor of Sexuality: Psychoanalytic Perspectives.
