dynamics of self-preservation in social interaction, personality structure, subjective experience, and psychopathology
First Statement of Responsibility
Ralf-Peter Behrendt.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Houndsmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Palgrave Macmillan
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2015
CONTENTS NOTE
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1. Introduction --;2. Affective Expressions --;3. Affective States --;4. Development --;5. Superego --;6. Self-experience --;7. Character Defences --;8. Psychopathology --;9. Interpersonal and Social Dynamics --;10. Conclusion.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The book examines how coevolved intraspecific aggression and appeasement gestures can give rise to complex social, cultural, and psychopathological phenomena. It argues that the individual's need regulate narcissistic supplies and maintain feelings of safety is the overriding determinant of human conduct and thought in mental health and illness.