{"product_id":"group-psychology-and-the-analysis-of-the-ego-von-sigmund-freud","title":"GROUP PSYCHOLOGY AND THE ANALYSIS OF THE EGO","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe contrast between Individual Psychology and Social or Group Psychology, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhich at a first glance may seem to be full of significance, loses a great deal of \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eits sharpness when it is examined more closely. It is true that Individual \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePsychology is concerned with the individual man and explores the paths by \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhich he seeks to find satisfaction for his instincts; but only rarely and under \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecertain exceptional conditions is Individual Psychology in a position to \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edisregard the relations of this individual to others. In the individual's mental \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003elife someone else is invariably involved, as a model, as an object, as a helper, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eas an opponent, and so from the very first Individual Psychology is at the same \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etime Social Psychology as well¿in this extended but entirely justifiable sense of \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe words. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe relations of an individual to his parents and to his brothers and sisters, to \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe object of his love, and to his physician¿in fact all the relations which have \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehitherto been the chief subject of psycho-analytic research¿may claim to be \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econsidered as social phenomena; and in this respect they may be contrasted \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewith certain other processes, described by us as 'narcissistic', in which the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esatisfaction of the instincts is partially or totally withdrawn from the influence \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof other people. The contrast between social and narcissistic¿Bleuler would \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eperhaps call them 'autistic'¿mental acts therefore falls wholly within the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edomain of Individual Psychology, and is not well calculated to differentiate it \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom a Social or Group Psychology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9791041985760\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9791041985760","offer_id":47650997797189,"sku":"9791041985760","price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/11540277-a8ce-4033-936b-500e1cf27525.jpg?v=1780384520","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/group-psychology-and-the-analysis-of-the-ego-von-sigmund-freud","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}