Series: Whurr Series In Psychoanalysis

This text comprises an introduction to major psychoanalytical concepts in Kleinian theory, starting with the ideas formulated by Melanie Klein and extending them to those developed by her main followers. There are chapters focusing on: the psychoanalytic play technique, unconscious fantasy, paranoid-schizoid and depressive positions, envy and gratitude, the oedipus complex, projective identification, internal objects, symbolization, models of the mind,...