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To the renowned psychoanalyst, philosopher, and linguist Julia Kristeva, Melanie Klein (1882?1960) was the most original innovator, male or female, in the psychoanalytic arena. Klein pioneered psychoanalytic practice with children and made major contributions to our understanding of both psychosis and autism. Along the way, she successfully introduced a new approach to the theory of the unconscious without abandoning the principles set forth by Freud. In her first biography of a fellow show more psychoanalyst, the prolific Kristeva considers Klein's life and intellectual development, weaving a narr show lessTags
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Klein (1882-1960) was internationally known as the mother of child analysis and a reformer in the field of Freudian psychoanalysis. Her contribution came via analysis of her own children and emphasised the darker side of object relations: envy, sadism, and Thanatos. She was born in Hungary, trained in Berlin, and had great influence in England after emigrating there, dividing the psychoanalytic profession between Anna Freud and herself. This intellectual biography is the second volume of "Female Genius: Life, Madness, Words," a trilogy by psychoanalyst and critic Kristeva (linguistics, Univ. of Paris). (Hannah Arendt, published last summer, was Volume 1; the forthcoming Colette will be Volume 3.)
"Kristeva, a formidable cultural show more historian and critic, brings a rich mix of data and ideas." -- Library Journal
"Not only is Kristeva superbly successful in this elaboration, but also I believe she is sometimes superior to Klein herself in the conceptual articulation of clinical insights." -- Aleksandar Dimitrijevic, Metapsychology show less
"Kristeva, a formidable cultural show more historian and critic, brings a rich mix of data and ideas." -- Library Journal
"Not only is Kristeva superbly successful in this elaboration, but also I believe she is sometimes superior to Klein herself in the conceptual articulation of clinical insights." -- Aleksandar Dimitrijevic, Metapsychology show less
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Julia Kristeva is a practicing psychoanalyst and professor of linguistics at the University of Paris
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- Melanie Klein
- Original title
- Le génie féminin, tome 2 : Melanie Klein
- Alternate titles
- Female Genius: Life, Madness, Word Vol. 2: Melanie Klein
- Original publication date
- 2000
- Original language
- French
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- Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, Philosophy, Sexuality and Gender Studies
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- 150.195092 — Philosophy & psychology Psychology Emotions, Relationships, & Family Theory And Instruction Systems, schools, viewpoints Psychoanalytic systems History, geographic treatment, biography Biography
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- BF109 .K57 .K7513 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Psychology Psychology
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