JOURNAL ARTICLE

The Crowded Mirror: Heinz Kohut and the Myth of Adult-Infant Love.

  • Published In: Psychoanalytic Review, 2025, v. 112, n. 2. P. 131 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Ashtor, Gila 3 of 3

Abstract

Outlining the history of transformations of narcissism and through the clinical material, this contribution puts in dialogue Heinz Kohut's understanding of adult-infant relationality with that of Jean Laplanche. In an effort to evaluate the merits of Kohut's developmental model in meta-psychological terms, the author is guided by two aims: to explore the clinical implications of different views on adult-infant relationality, especially as they manifest in the "mirror-hungry personality," and to formulate a psychoanalytic conceptualization of self-love that can effectively challenge the narrow-minded mantras so popular today. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Psychoanalytic Review. 2025/06, Vol. 112, Issue 2, p131
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Social Sciences and Humanities
  • Publication Date:2025
  • ISSN:0033-2836
  • DOI:10.1521/prev.2025.112.2.131
  • Accession Number:186223260
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