Envy and Gratitude Revisited

by Priscilla Roth (Editor), Alessandra Lemma (Editor)

These stimulating essays are evidence that 50 years after its publication Melanie Klein's Envy and Gratitude is still a rich source of psychoanalytic inspiration. Sixteen highly regarded analysts, representing a wide range of psychoanalytic thinking, provide new insights and highlight current developments without avoiding the controversies that surround the original publication. The clinical and literary material is engaging and illustrates the effect of theory on practice and the influence of practice on the evolution of - R. Horacio EtchegoyenIntroduction - Priscilla Roth1) "Even now, now, very now . . ." On envy and the hatred of love - Ignes Sodre2) Envy, narcissism, and the destructive instinct - Robert Caper3) Envy and some current reflections - H. Shmuel Erlich4) An independent response to Envy and Gratitude - Caroline Polmear5) On gratitude - Edna O'Shaughnessy6) Keeping envy in the vicissitudes of envy in adolescent motherhood - Alessandra Lemma7) Envy in Western today and tomorrow - Florence Guignard8) He thinks himself the pathologically envious personality - Ronald Britton9)

272 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008