The Americanization of Narcissism

Elizabeth Lunbeck

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ISBN 9780674724860

Publication Date: 03/10/2014

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384 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

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Introduction
I. Narcissism in the Me Decade
- 1. The Culture of Narcissism
- 2. Heinz Kohut’s American Freud
- 3. Otto Kernberg’s Narcissistic Dystopia
II. Dimensions of Narcissism from Freud to the Me Decade and Beyond
- 4. Self-Love
- 5. Independence
- 6. Vanity
- 7. Gratification
- 8. Inaccessibility
- 9. Identity
Conclusion: Narcissism Today
Abbreviations
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

Awards & Accolades

2015 Courage to Dream Book Prize, Committee on Psychoanalysis and the Academy, American Psychoanalytic Association

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of 2014

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