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The Omnipotent State of Mind: Psychoanalytic Perspectives

The Omnipotent State of Mind: Psychoanalytic Perspectives

Arundale, Jean

Hardcover

General PsychologyGeneral SociologyMental Health

ISBN10: 1032027932
ISBN13: 9781032027937
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jun 23 2022
Pages: 240
Weight: 1.19
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book presents an examination and exploration of the concept of omnipotence, its qualities and expression as a psychic state, its origins in the psyche and its appearance in the psychoanalytic process and in society.

Linked with narcissism but underdeveloped as a concept in its own right, omnipotence is explored in this book from a range of psychoanalytic perspectives, including its positive value in normal development through to its potential as a destructive element in the personality. The Omnipotent State of Mind is presented in five parts, each exploring a specific theme. The contributors explore omnipotence in infants, children, adolescents and adults, consider why it is so difficult to give up, and examine how the omnipotent state of mind is expressed in culture and society. The range of attitudes towards omnipotence within different psychoanalytic traditions is represented by the international selection of contributors.

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