A Dictionary of Kleinian Thought [Paperback]

R. D. Hinshelwood (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1991

The ideas of Melanie Klein and the post-Kleinians have a growing influence among psychoanalysts yet they are not always easy to grasp. Hinshelwood offers the first comprehensive and wholly accessible exposition of the main concepts in Kleinian psychoanalysis and their more recent development. The book contains 13 main entries on the basic Kleinian concepts - splitting, paranoid-schizoid and depressive positions, projective identification, envy, internal objects - along with numerous entries on subsidiary concepts and the main post-Kleinian writers - Bion, Segal, Rosenfeld, Joseph and Meltzer. The book also has a bibliography of all Kleinian writings to date. It has already been acclaimed 'a tremendous' piece of work' and as 'the state of the art in its own domain'.

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Review

'The book is highly successful in its intention of being an accessible account of Kleinian and post-Kleinian concepts.' British Journal of Psychiatry -- British Journal of Psychiatry

Product Details

• Paperback: 490 pages
• Publisher: Free Assn Books; Updated edition (April 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0946960836
• ISBN-13: 978-0946960835
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #458,384 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Much more than a dictionary, September 5, 2000

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Eve K. Sedgwick (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dictionary of Kleinian Thought (Hardcover)

This volume offers much more than its title suggests. It's a great way into Melanie Klein's thought for those who haven't read her; and for those who have, it's an invaluable help for following the thread of her ideas as they developed and changed. The main entries are extremely useful as free-standing essays on the development and implications of Klein's principal concepts. Klein was an exciting analytic theorist, and this book brings readers directly into the current of her thought. I only wish it were in paperback.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Dictionary of Kleinian thought, January 31, 2009

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Colleen Ballard (Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Dictionary of Kleinian Thought (Paperback)

And excellent expression of thought that can change one's thinking to a more broader perspective. It also examines how early experiences in life can shape our way of thinking and behaving.

5.0 out of 5 stars Access to Melanie Klein, April 5, 2010

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Pat Azarnoff "collector" (Banning, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Dictionary of Kleinian Thought (Paperback)

Klein's theories are not always easy to understand but they have had great influence. This book makes it easier to access the part you want to learn about. A landmark book. Analyst Spillius says "This is a serious, useful book, the product of an enormous amount of work and thought..I find it very valuable."