On Narcissism: An Introduction is a densely packed essay dealing with ideas that are still being debated today - from the role of narcissism in normal and pathological development and the relationship of narcissism to homosexuality, libido, romantic love, and self-esteem to issues of therapeutic intervention. The contributors place the work in the context of Freud's evolving thinking, point out its innovations, review its problematic aspects, and examine how its theoretical concepts have been elaborated more recently by analysts of diverse theoretic persuasions. In addition, they use Freud's text to chart new developments in psychoanalysis and point toward still unresolved problems. An introduction by Joseph Sandler, Ethel Spector Person, and Peter Fonagy provides a succinct overview of the material. Contributors: Willy Baranger, David Bell, R. Horacio Etchegoyen, Peter Fonagy, Leon Grinberg, Bela Grunberger, Heinz Henseler, Otto F. Kernberg, Paul H. Ornstein, Ethel Spector Person, Joseph Sandler, Hanna Segal, Nikolaus Treurniet, Clifford Yorke
Contents
Preface
ETHEL SPECTOR PERSON / vii
Introduction
JOSEPH SANDLER, ETHEL SPECTOR PERSON,
AND PETER FONAGY 1 ix
PART ONE ON NARCISSISM:
AN INTRODUCTION ( 19 I 4 )
SIGMUND FREUD/ I
PART TWO DISCUSSION OF
“ON NARCISSISM: AN INTRODUCTION” / 33
Freud’s “On Narcissism”: A Teaching Text
CLIFFORD YORKE I 3 5
Contents I vi
“On Narcissism: An Introduction”: Text and Context
R . HORACIO ETCHEGOYEN / 54
Introduction to “On Narcissism”
NIKOLAAS TREURNIET / 75
Letter to Sigmund Freud
LEON GRINBERG / 95
Narcissism in Freud
WlLLY BARANGER 1 108
A Contemporary Reading of “On Narcissism”
OTTO F. KERNBERG / I 3 I
The Theory of Narcissism in the Work of Freud and Klein
HANNA SEGAL A N D DAVID B E L L / 149
From Narcissism to Ego Psychology to Self Psychology
PAUL H. ORNSTEIN / 175
Narcissism as a Form of Relationship
H E l N Z HENSELER / I95
Narcissism and the Analytic Situation
BELA GRUNBERGER / 216
List of Contributors 229
Index I231
