Narcissisme de vie narcissisme de mort

by André Green

This English translation of Narcissisme de Vie Narcissisme de Mort covers Green's attempt to link the theory of narcissism to Freud's final theory of the drives. While narcissism is generally only considered in terms of its positive aspects in which it is linked to the life drives, Green shows that it is necessary to postulate the existence of a death-giving narcissism, which he calls negative narcissism.

Genres: Psychoanalysis, Psychology

288 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1983

About the author

André Green was a French psychoanalyst. He was born in Cairo, Egypt, to non observant Jewish parents. He studied medicine (specialising in psychiatry) at Paris Medical School and worked at several hospitals. Then, in 1965, after having finished his training as a psychoanalyst, he became a member of the Paris Psychoanalytic Society (SPP), of which he was the president from 1986 to 1989. From 1975 to 1977 he was a vice president of the International Psychoanalytical Association and from 1979 to 1980 a professor at University College London. He died, aged 84, in Paris.

Reviews

[Eloise Anagnost · Rating 3 out of 5]

I get it but also there’s one too many Freudian references

[Ana Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

Un libro muy interesante en momentos es complicado, sin embargo, no hay que perder el hilo y sin problema. Me ayudó muchísimo para analizar el libro de La Vegetariana de Han Kang.