1st Edition
The Beloved Ego Foundations of the New Study of the Psyche
Wilhelm Stekel was an Austrian physician and psychologist and one of Freud’s earliest followers. A prolific writer, this book originally published in 1921, was considered by the translator ‘the best general introduction of its author to the English public’, containing as is does many of his central ideas. Although the author had already fallen out with him by this time, in the preface to this book, he acknowledges Freud’s significance to the field and says he regards his ‘Psycho-Analysis as being a step towards a new psycho-therapy’.
1. The Beloved Ego 2. The Fight of the Sexes 3. Aims in Life 4. Mali-Mali 5. Half-Men 6. Doubt 7. Psychic Opium 8. Poena Talionis 9. The Fear of Joy 10. We and Our Money 11. Envy 12. Artists in Life 13. The Unlucky Dog 14. Impatience 15. Degenerate Children 16. Excitements 17. The King’s Spectacles 18. Holidays 19. Aphorisms.
Biography
Stekel, Wilhelm
"This book takes a developmental perspective, describing how our typology both creates and helps us to discover the self and its defences in a personal way with the person in the psyche urged into being by the archetypes over time. There is a huge amount of material that merits careful reading since it provides insights to different aspects of ourselves that we may not have until now considered. Beebe has introduced us to typology in depth which those of us who may have only had MBTI® training have not encountered before... I did, however, thoroughly enjoy reading this book, even though some aspects were challenging since I did not have a background in depth psychology. However, it was worth the effort as I learned a lot and the insights it brings to typology were rewarding. A must for your bookshelf!" Gill Clack, Honorary Senior Lecturer in the Division of Medical Education of King’s College London
