TY - JOUR T1 - The significance of Kleinian contributions to psychoanalysis I. Kleinian instinct theory. A1 - Grotstein,J, PY - 1980/1/1/pubmed PY - 1980/1/1/medline PY - 1980/1/1/entrez SP - 375 EP - 92 JF - International journal of psychoanalytic psychotherapy JO - Int J Psychoanal Psychother VL - 8 N2 - The history of Freud's instinct theory shows that it ambiguously contains two separate roots of developments; one, the nutritional-transactional, and the other, the autoerotic discharge model. The former is the forerunner of Klein's instinct theory and the latter is considered classical theory. Kleinians and Freudians have not fully understood that each holds an instinct theory which is quite different from the other. The consequences of this theoretical dialectic are of great importance in distinguishing the Kleinian theory of fantasy from the Freudian theory of fantasy, the theory of repression, the theory of the unconscious, and ultimately the theory of the internal world. SN - 0091-0600 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/7429718/The_significance_of_Kleinian_contributions_to_psychoanalysis_I__Kleinian_instinct_theory_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -