1st Edition

Jealousy Developmental, Cultural, and Clinical Realms

Edited By Mary Kay O’Neil, Salman Akhtar Copyright 2019
300 Pages
by Routledge

300 Pages
by Routledge

300 Pages
by Routledge

Jealousy is a human feeling experienced by everyone in varying intensities, at different times and phases of growth. Frequently confused, jealousy and envy are often intertwined. Even within the psychoanalytic literature confusion persists and much less has been written about jealousy than envy. However, unlike envy, jealousy involves three entities and affects all people involved. It can be... Read more

INTRODUCTION; PROLOGUE; CHAPTER ONE The spectrum of jealousy: an introductory overview Salman Akhtar PART I: DEVELOPMENTAL REALM CHAPTER TWO Jealousy among mothers Maxine Anderson CHAPTER THREE Sibling jealousy Brian M. Robertson CHAPTER FOUR Jealousy, envy, and friendship in adolescent girls Christine Keiffer CHAPTER FIVE Absence of jealousy Aleksandar Dimitrijevic PART II: CULTURAL REALM CHAPTER SIX Shakespeare and the ‘green-eyed monster’ of jealousy Richard Waugaman CHAPTER SEVEN Race, sex, jealousy, and power Joel Des Rosiers CHAPTER EIGHT Portrayals of jealousy in cinema Gregg Zeichner PART III: CLINICAL REALM CHAPTER NINE Retroactive jealousy Jack Novick and Kerry Kelly Novick CHAPTER TEN Jealousy betwixt envy Judi Kobrick CHAPTER ELEVEN Treating jealous patients Susan Kavaler-Adler CHAPTER TWELVE Jealousy in countertransference Dhwani Shah EPILOGUE CHAPTER THIRTEEN The anguish of triangulation: a concluding commentary Mary Kay O’Neil

Biography

Mary Kay O’Neil, PhD, is a supervising and training psychoanalyst who has recently moved from Montreal back to Toronto, where she is in private practice. Salman Akhtar, MD, is professor of psychiatry at Jefferson Medical College and a training and supervising analyst at the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia.