Psychoanalytic Theories of Affect

Taylor & Francis

An attempt to collate and clarify psychoanalytic theories on affect, and how they relate to the clinical process. Stein outlines and analyses the most important theories on affect, and examines empirical work presented over the past 100 years, exposing the rigidity of some existing notions. > This book collates and clarifies psychoanalytic theories on affect, and how they relate to the clinical process. The author outlines and analyses the most important theories on affect, and examines empirical work presented over the past 100 years, exposing the rigidity of some existing notions. > Foreword , Introduction , Freud\u2019s Writings on Affect , Theories of Affect in the Last Years of Freud and after His Death: Jones, Brierley, Glover , Ego Psychology and the Affects , Affects and Positions: Melanie Klein, Wilfred Bion , Affects as Feeling States and as Value Functions: Joseph Sandler , An \u201CEgo Psychological Object Relations\u201D Model of Affect: Otto Kernbers