1st Edition

On Arrogance A Psychoanalytic Essay

By Giuseppe Civitarese Copyright 2024
140 Pages
by Routledge

140 Pages
by Routledge

140 Pages
by Routledge

This book explores the notion of arrogance from a broadly psychoanalytic perspective, and examines its importance in the consulting room and the wider world. Starting from the writings of Freud and Bion, Civitarese explores how much our inner and outer worlds may be shaped by arrogance, both our own and that of others. The author proposes that much of psychological suffering can be explained by... Read more

1. The Characteristics of Arrogance  2.The Arrogance of Psychoanalysis  3. Arrogance and Society  4. Recognition

Biography

Giuseppe Civitarese, MD, PhD, is a psychiatrist, training and supervising analyst of the Italian Psychoanalytic Society (SPI), and member of the American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA) and International Psychoanalytic Association (IPA). He lives, and is in private practice, in Pavia, Italy.