1st Edition

Good Feelings Psychoanalytic Reflections on Positive Emotions and Attitudes

Edited By Salman Akhtar Copyright 2009
516 Pages
by Routledge

516 Pages
by Routledge

516 Pages
by Routledge

This tightly edited volume opens a new vista in psychoanalysis by focusing upon positive and life-enhancing emotions and attitudes. The realms it covers include love, friendship, enthusiasm, courage, tact, resilience, and forgiveness, among others. Seminal papers on these topics have existed but remain scattered throughout the psychoanalytic literature. This book brings them together in a... Read more
IPA Publications Committee , Prologue , Healthy Reserves , Enthusiam , Commentary on “Enthusiasm” , Courage , Commentary on “Courage” , Altruism , Commentary on “Altruism” , Faith , Commentary on “Faith” , Harmonious Relations , Tact , Commentary on “Tact” , Love , Commentary on “Love” , Friendship , Commentary on “Friendship” , Hopeful Retreats , Humour , Commentary on “Humour” , Creativity , Commentary on “Creativity” , Humane Responses , Resilience , Commentary on “Resilience” , Atonement , Commentary on “Atonement” , Forgiveness , Commentary on “Forgiveness” , Epilogue

Biography

Salman Akhtar