Human goodness : origins, manifestations, and clinical implications /

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Imprint:Lanham ; Boulder ; New York ; London : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]
Description:ix, 139 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Margaret S. Mahler series
Margaret S. Mahler series.
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10114209
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Other authors / contributors:Akhtar, Salman, 1946 July 31- editor.
ISBN:9781442244238
1442244232
9781442244245
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Human Goodness: An Introductory Overview
  • 2. Do Psychoanalysts Know What's Good for Them? If So, Why are They Always Arguing about It? If Not, How Do They (and We) Know What's Good for Us?
  • 3. On Human Goodness: Origins and Limitations
  • 4. A Therapist's Maternal Altruism
  • 5. The Altruistic Omnipotent Mother: A Dangerous Myth
  • 6. Kindness, Altruism and Forgiveness: Three Facets of Healthy Human Relatedness
  • 7. Some Unconscious Variables at Play in Human Goodness
  • 8. In Favor of Good and Bad Objects
  • References
  • Index
  • Contributors