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Vicious circles of punishment: a reading of Melanie Klein's Envy and gratitude.
Psychoanal Q. 2008 Jan; 77(1):199-218.PQ

Abstract

Staged as a moral drama, Melanie Klein's Envy and Gratitude (1957) straddles two eras: one reflecting a simpler more concrete, historical method, and the other an approach of greater complexity, focused on the transferential moment. Embedded within the transference are the vicious circles of envy and punishment that are the hallmark of Klein's text. Punishment itself which is always punishment of both self and other, creates its own vicious circle, set in motion by a single act. In the sadomasochistic enactments that result, the moral force of Klein's categories fuels the countertransference. A detailed clinical hour is presented.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Smith HF
Psychoanalytic Institute of New England, East, USA. henryfsmith@gmail.com

MeSH

AdultCountertransferenceEgoFemaleHumansJealousyMasochismObject AttachmentPsychoanalytic InterpretationPsychoanalytic TheoryPsychoanalytic TherapyPunishmentSadismTransference, Psychology

Pub Type(s)

Case Reports
Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

18386662

Citation

Smith, Henry F.. "Vicious Circles of Punishment: a Reading of Melanie Klein's Envy and Gratitude." The Psychoanalytic Quarterly, vol. 77, no. 1, 2008, pp. 199-218.
Smith HF. Vicious circles of punishment: a reading of Melanie Klein's Envy and gratitude. Psychoanal Q. 2008;77(1):199-218.
Smith, H. F. (2008). Vicious circles of punishment: a reading of Melanie Klein's Envy and gratitude. The Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 77(1), 199-218.
Smith HF. Vicious Circles of Punishment: a Reading of Melanie Klein's Envy and Gratitude. Psychoanal Q. 2008;77(1):199-218. PubMed PMID: 18386662.
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