Narcissus and Oedipus: The Children of Psychoanalysis

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Acknowledgements v
• Contents ix
• Foreword xi
• Preface xvii
• Introduction 1
• Part I - Narcissus 19
• The Myth of Narcissus 21
• Preface: Some Theoretical Views 27
• 1 - Primary Narcissism and Primary Fusion/Union 33
• 2 - Primary Internal Object-Relationships 55
• 3 - Primary Object-Love and Primary Affectional Bonds 78
• 4 - Interactional Synchrony and Mutuality 92
• 5 - Narcissus: an 'Average' History 111
• 6 - Narcissus and Echo 124
• Transition 139

• Title Page iii
• Acknowledgements v
• Contents ix
• Foreword xi
• Preface xvii
• Introduction 1
• Part I - Narcissus 19
• The Myth of Narcissus 21
• Preface: Some Theoretical Views 27
• 1 - Primary Narcissism and Primary Fusion/Union 33
• 2 - Primary Internal Object-Relationships 55
• 3 - Primary Object-Love and Primary Affectional Bonds 78
• 4 - Interactional Synchrony and Mutuality 92
• 5 - Narcissus: an 'Average' History 111
• 6 - Narcissus and Echo 124
• Transition 139
• 7 - The Concept of Transitional Schemas 141
• 8 - The 'Fate' of the Transitional Object 159
• 9 - The Watching Agency and Its Products 179
• Part II - Oedipus 205
• 10 - The Theban Legend: Oedipus the King 207
• 11 - The Riddle of Life 220
• 12 - Knowledge and the Tragic Vision 238
• 13 - 'A Holy Curiosity' 256
• 14 - The Limits of Knowledge and the Castration Complex 273
• Epilogue 280
• Notes 285
• Bibliography 295
• Index 305