Kohut's Freudian Vision

Heinz Kohut was arguably the most influential modern day psychoanalyst. Because current interest in Kohut's work has focused so completely on self psychology, however, certain aspects of Kohut's thinking, in particular his nonreductive synthesis of Freudian theory, are in danger of being lost. Prior to his development of self psychology, Kohut was a legendary teacher of Freudian theory at the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis. In this volume, Philip Rubovits-Seitz presents Kohut's previously unavailable lectures from his course on psychoanalytic psychology (prepared in collaboration with Kohut himself) along with an illuminating summary statement on Freudian theory jointly written by Kohut and Rubovits-Seitz.Rubovits-Seitz continues with his own insightful analysis of Kohut's distinctive approach to Freudian theory. And he concludes by arguing persuasively why Kohut's later contributions should best be viewed as a continuation, rather than an abandonment, of this early vision. Kohut's Freudian Vision not only repairs an outstanding tear in received psychoanalytic history but also challenges self psychologists and contemporary Freudian psychoanalysts alike to renewed reflection.

IntroductionI. Kohut's Lectures on Psychoanalytic Psychology (1958-1960) - Heinz Kohut and Philip F.D. Seitz 1. Three Periods in the Development of Psychoanalysis 2. How It All Began 3. The Dynamic and Topographic Points of View 4. Conflict, Transference, and Infantile Sexuality 5.Optimal versus Traumatic Frustration, Memory versus Hallucinations, and Daydreaming 6. Psychic Trauma and the Economic Point of View7. Primal Repression and "Actual Neurosis" 8. The Genetic Point of View 9. Symptom Formation 10. Symptom Formation From a Longitudinal Perspective 11. Freud's Theory of Psychosis 12. Freud's Theory of Depression and Preoedipal Phobias 13. Chapter 7 in The Interpretation of Dreams 14. Chapter 7, Section A: The Forgetting of Dreams 15. Chapter 7, Section B: Regression 16. Chapter 7, Section B: Regression (continued) 17. Chapter 7, Section C: Wish-Fulfillment 18. Chapter 7, Section C: Wish-Fulfillment (continued) 19. Chapter 7, Section D: The Function of Dreams 20. Chapter 7, Section D: The Function of Dreams (continued) 21. Chapter 7, Section E: Primary and Secondary Process 22. Chapter 7, Section F: The Unconscious, Consciousness, and Reality 23. The Second Phase in the Development of Psychoanalytic Theory 24. Melancholia 25. The Structural Model and Neutralization 26. Aggression 27. Aggression (continued): The "Childhood Object" and the Superego 28. The Ego Ideal: Censuring and Approving Parts of the Superego 29. Narcissism 30. The Dual Instinct Theory 31. Changes in the Concept of Anxiety 32. Inhibitions, Symptoms and Anxiety: Chapters 1 and 2 33. Inhibitions, Symptoms and Anxiety: Chapters 3 and 4 34. Inhibitions, Symptoms and Anxiety: Chapter 5 II. Concepts and Theories of Psychoanalysis (1963) - Heinz Kohut and Philip F.D. Seitz III. Kohut's Method of Synthesizing Freudian Theory - Philip F.D. Rubovits-Seitz IV. Kohut's Concepts of Narcissism and Self Psychology: Continuities with Freudian Theory - Philip F.D. Rubovits-Seitz

Philip F. D. Rubovits-Seitz, M.D., is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, George Washington University Medical Center, and Member of the Washington Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. He was previously Director of Psychiatric Research, Indiana University; Visiting Professor of Psychiatry, University of Cincinatti; and Staff Member, The Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis. He has received a number of national and other awards for research and teaching.