Kohut's Freudian Vision

<p>Heinz Kohut was arguably the most influential modern day psychoanalyst. Because current interest in Kohut's work has focused so completely on self psychology, however, certain aspects of Kohut's thinking, in particular his nonreductive synthesis of Freudian theory, are in danger of being lost. <br><br>Prior to his development of self psychology, Kohut was a legendary teacher of Freudian theory at the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis. In this volume, Philip Rubovits-Seitz presents Kohut's previously unavailable lectures from his course on psychoanalytic psychology (prepared in collaboration with Kohut himself) along with an illuminating summary statement on Freudian theory jointly written by Kohut and Rubovits-Seitz.<br><br>Rubovits-Seitz continues with his own insightful analysis of Kohut's distinctive approach to Freudian theory. And he concludes by arguing persuasively why Kohut's later contributions should best be viewed as a continuation, rather than an abandonment, of this early vision. <i>Kohut's Freudian Vision </i>not only repairs an outstanding tear in received psychoanalytic history but also challenges self psychologists and contemporary Freudian psychoanalysts alike to renewed reflection.</p> <p><strong>Part I: Kohut's Lectures on Psychoanalytic Psychology (1958-1960).</strong> Three Periods in the Development of Psychoanalysis. How It All Began. The Dynamic and Topographic Points of View. Conflict, Transference, and Infantile Sexuality.Optimal versus Traumatic Frustration, Memory versus Hallucinations, and Daydreaming. Psychic Trauma and the Economic Point of View. Primal Repression and "Actual Neurosis." The Genetic Point of View. Symptom Formation. Symptom Formation From a Longitudinal Perspective. Freud's Theory of Psychosis. Freud's Theory of Depression and Preoedipal Phobias. Chapter 7 in <em>The Interpretation of Dreams</em>. Chapter 7, Section A: The Forgetting of Dreams. Chapter 7, Section B: Regression. Chapter 7, Section B: Regression (continued). Chapter 7, Section C: Wish-Fulfillment. Chapter 7, Section C: Wish-Fulfillment (continued). Chapter 7, Section D: The Function of Dreams. Chapter 7, Section D: The Function of Dreams (continued). Chapter 7, Section E: Primary and Secondary Process. Chapter 7, Section F: The Unconscious, Consciousness, and Reality. The Second Phase in the Development of Psychoanalytic Theory. Melancholia. The Structural Model and Neutralization. Aggression. Aggression (continued): The "Childhood Object" and the Superego. The Ego Ideal: Censuring and Approving Parts of the Superego. Narcissism. The Dual Instinct Theory. Changes in the Concept of Anxiety. Inhibitions, Symptoms and Anxiety: Chapters 1 and 2. Inhibitions, Symptoms and Anxiety: Chapters 3 and 4. Inhibitions, Symptoms and Anxiety: Chapter 5. <strong>Part II: Concepts and Theories of Psychoanalysis (1963). Part III: Kohut's Method of Synthesizing Freudian Theory. Part IV: Kohut's Concepts of Narcissism and Self Psychology: Continuities with Freudian Theory.</strong></p>