Ego Psychology and the Problem of Adaptation

Hartmann, Heinz; Rapaport, David (English Translation)

Published by International Universities Press, 227 West 13 Street, New York, 11, New York, 1958

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At copyright: "Copyright 1958 by Heinz Hartmann, M. D." No other dates, indications. Fine dark green full cloth boards, bronze impressed spine titles, light shelf wear. Pages fine, bright; no writing. Bind fine, square; hinges intact. Scarce original wrapper, light shelf wear; unclipped 3.00, protected in new clear sleeve. From title page: "Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association Monograph Series Number One". Fine first in same wrapper. Contents: "Preface by The Editors; Author's Note of 1958; The Conflict-Free Ego Sphere; Adaptation; Adaptation and 'Fitting Together' - The Reality Principle; Ego Development and Adaptation; Internalization, Thinking, and Rational Behavior; Some Integrative Functions of the Ego; Implications for the Concepts of Health and Education; Preconscious Automatisms; and, Ego Apparatuses, Autonomous Ego Development." Presented here is the first full English tranlation of a classic essay which represented a turning point in the development of psychoanalytic ego psychology. Hartmann atempts to stake out his theories in the broadest sense. He introduces the concepts of conflict free ego development. Hartmann discusses the role of inborn ego appartuses, and the fact that there is a cerrtain preadaptedness to the environment. Ego defenses may simultaneously serve the control of instinctual drives as well as adaptation to the external world. Hartmann also discusses the implications of his theories for the development of perception and thought processes, and for the concepts of ego strength and ego weakness, and the concept of nomality. The views expounded in this monograph first published in German in 1939, have had a profound impact on recent developments in analytic theory and techniques. The Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association chose this essay as its first monograph. Includes a bibliography, name and subject indices. Manufactured in the United States of America. 121 pages. Insured post. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. Seller Inventory # 021653

Bibliographic Details

Title: Ego Psychology and the Problem of Adaptation

Publisher: International Universities Press, 227 West 13 Street, New York, 11, New York

Publication Date: 1958

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Edition: First Edition.