Name: Three Characters: Narcissist, Borderline, Manic Depressive
Price: 30.84 EUR
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Author: Christopher Bollas
ISBN: 9781912691814

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Three Characters: Narcissist, Borderline, Manic Depressive

Type

Physical Book

Author

Christopher Bollas

With

Sacha Bollas

Publisher

Karnac Books

Year

2021

Language

English

Pages

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.4 x 15.0 x 0.5 cm

Weight

0.16 kg.

ISBN13

9781912691814

Synopsis "Three Characters: Narcissist, Borderline, Manic Depressive"

It is important to point out that these essays are about character types; it is not to suggest that all borderlines, narcissists or manic depressives are the same. Everyone is an individual and are who they are for many different reasons. What they have in common is a typical relation between their subjectivity and the world they inhabit. In other words, Christopher Bollas has identified the axioms that these individuals share. Following a discussion of the features of each type, the axioms are delivered in the character's own voice. By placing ourselves within their own logic, we can begin to identify and empathise with them. At the root of all character disorders there is mental pain and each disorder is an intelligent attempt to solve an existential problem. If the clinician can grasp their specific intelligence and help the analysand to understand this, then a natural process of healing can begin. Three Characters is a masterclass based on decades of lectures presented to psychoanalysts, analytical psychologists, and psychotherapists, and is a must-read for all psychoanalytic enthusiasts.

Christopher Bollas

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Christopher Bollas, born in 1943 in Washington D.C., is a renowned British psychoanalyst and writer of American origin. He graduated in History from the University of California, Berkeley, and earned a PhD in English Literature at the University of Buffalo. His psychoanalytic training was conducted at the Tavistock Clinic and the British Psychoanalytical Society, where he was influenced by figures such as Paula Heimann and Marion Milner.

Among his most notable works are "The Shadow of the Object" (1987), "Being a Character" (1992), and "The Freudian Moment" (2007). These works, belonging to the psychoanalytic genre, have significantly contributed to the contemporary theory and practice of psychoanalysis.

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