The Origins of Self and Identity: Living and Dying in Freud's Psychoanalysis

By John A. Friedman

Arguing that Freud's I-ness is an achievement rooted in the historical-instinctual situation into which we are born, and that the death instinct is where an authentic human psychology can be located. The author excavates Freud's early insights from the criticism that he believes has buried it.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765701545
• ISBN13: 9780765701541
• Release Date: November 1998
• Publisher: Jason Aronson
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.3"