1st Edition

The Early Years of Life Psychoanalytical Development Theory According to Freud, Klein, and Bion

By Gertraud Diem-Wille Copyright 2011
300 Pages
by Routledge

300 Pages
by Routledge

300 Pages
by Routledge

This book provides a powerfully argued and beautifully constructed account of the early development of the child in the family context from a psychoanalytic perspective. It draws on the theoretical trajectory from Sigmund Freud to Melanie Klein and Wilfried Bion.

Preface -- Preface to the English Edition -- Introduction -- The nature versus nurture controversy -- The emergence of the body-ego—individuation through the experience of separation and closeness -- Emotional development in the first years -- Development of thinking and the capacity to symbolize -- The psychosexual development of a child -- Epilogue

Biography

Gertraud Diem-Wille