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The Americanization of Narcissism
This chapter is in the book The Americanization of Narcissism

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. INTRODUCTION 1
  4. PART I. NARCISSISM IN THE ME DECADE
  5. ONE. THE CULTURE OF NARCISSISM 11
  6. TWO. HEINZ KOHUT’S AMERICAN FREUD 37
  7. THREE. OTTO KERNBERG’S NARCISSISTIC DYSTOPIA 59
  8. PART II. DIMENSIONS OF NARCISSISM FROM FREUD TO THE ME DECADE AND BEYOND
  9. FOUR. SELF - LOVE 83
  10. FIVE. INDEPENDENCE 113
  11. SIX. VANITY 138
  12. SEVEN. GRATIFICATION 165
  13. EIGHT. INACCESSIBILITY 202
  14. NINE. IDENTITY 224
  15. CONCLUSION: NARCISSISM TODAY 252
  16. ABBREVIATIONS 273
  17. NOTES 276
  18. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 352
  19. INDEX 355
https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674726147.c7

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. CONTENTS vii
  3. INTRODUCTION 1
  4. PART I. NARCISSISM IN THE ME DECADE
  5. ONE. THE CULTURE OF NARCISSISM 11
  6. TWO. HEINZ KOHUT’S AMERICAN FREUD 37
  7. THREE. OTTO KERNBERG’S NARCISSISTIC DYSTOPIA 59
  8. PART II. DIMENSIONS OF NARCISSISM FROM FREUD TO THE ME DECADE AND BEYOND
  9. FOUR. SELF - LOVE 83
  10. FIVE. INDEPENDENCE 113
  11. SIX. VANITY 138
  12. SEVEN. GRATIFICATION 165
  13. EIGHT. INACCESSIBILITY 202
  14. NINE. IDENTITY 224
  15. CONCLUSION: NARCISSISM TODAY 252
  16. ABBREVIATIONS 273
  17. NOTES 276
  18. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 352
  19. INDEX 355
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