Dictionary of Kleinian Thought

By R.D. Hinshelwood and Free Association Books Free Association Books

Book Overview

This book contains 13 main entries on the basic Kleinian concepts - splitting, paranoid-schizoid and depressive positions, projective identification, envy, internal objects - along with numerous entries on subsidiary concepts and the main post-Kleinian writers - Bion, Segal, Rosenfeld, Joseph and Meltzer.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0946960836
• ISBN13: 9780946960835
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Free Association Books
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Access to Melanie Klein

Klein's theories are not always easy to understand but they have had great influence. This book makes it easier to access the part you want to learn about. A landmark book. Analyst Spillius says "This is a serious, useful book, the product of an enormous amount of work and thought..I find it very valuable."

A Dictionary of Kleinian thought

And excellent expression of thought that can change one's thinking to a more broader perspective. It also examines how early experiences in life can shape our way of thinking and behaving.

Much more than a dictionary

This volume offers much more than its title suggests. It's a great way into Melanie Klein's thought for those who haven't read her; and for those who have, it's an invaluable help for following the thread of her ideas as they developed and changed. The main entries are extremely useful as free-standing essays on the development and implications of Klein's principal concepts. Klein was an exciting analytic theorist, and this book brings readers directly into the current of her thought. I only wish it were in paperback.