Introduction / John Steiner -- 1. On the clinical usefulness of the concept of the death instinct -- 2. Phantasy and reality -- 3. On symbolism -- 4. A delusional system as a defence against the re-emergence of a catastrophic situation -- 5. Early infantile development as reflected in the psychoanalytical process: steps in integration -- 6. Some clinical implications of Melanie Klein's work: emergence from narcissism -- 7. The Oedipus complex today -- 8. Paranoid anxiety and paranoia -- 9. Termination: sweating it out -- 10. The uses and abuses of counter-transference -- 11. Joseph Conrad and the mid-life crisis -- 12. Salman Rushdie and the sea of stories; a not-so-simple fable about creativity -- 13. Silence is the real crime -- 14. From Hiroshima to the Gulf War and after: socio-political expressions of ambivalence
Notes
"Published in association with the Institute of Psycho-analysis, London"--Cover
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-172) and indexes
