I hope that by studying the interpenetrating relationship between psychotherapy and Western-particularly American-society in eras past, we will be able to develop interpretations about their current relationship, and our current era.
Excerpt: Pp. 106-118 from "Forms and Transformations of Narcissism" (1966). In Self Psychology and the Humanities: Reflections on a New Psychoanalytic Approach. by Heinz Kohut.
This paper proposes a partial answer to the hypothetical question, "What might Jung's contribution to a theory of narcissism have been had he remained a psychoanalytic writer?" [please overlook the scanning errors -dw]
"Excitement, Certainty, Relational Coordination, and Competence": excerpt from a chapter on narcissism in Charles Spezzano's book on affect.
Excerpt on narcissism from Relational Concepts in Psychoanalysis: An Integration. Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts 1988. Copyright Stephen A. Mitchell 1988
