Title
Fear : a dark shadow across our life span / edited by Salman Akhtar.
ISBN
9781782412052 (electronic book)
9781782200680
Published
London, [England] : Karnac, 2014.
Copyright
©2014
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (265 pages)
Call Number
BF575.F2 .F437 2014eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
152.46
Summary
Beginning with Freud's celebrated case of Little Hans, psychoanalysts and psychotherapists have been intrigued with the topic of fear. Eclipsed in theoretical writings by the term anxiety, fear remains a pervasive expression in day to day clinical work. Patients constantly talk about it. One implores that we cure him of his fear of dogs. Another offers the fear of aloneness as the rationale of her staying in a bad marriage. Yet another avoids all athletic activity due to the fear of physical injury. And a fourth one lives in utter denial of passing time to avoid facing his fear of death. Despite its ubiquitous presence, fear has received little direct attention in psychoanalytic literature. This book aims to fill such lacuna. It explicates various intensities of fear, e.g. apprehension, dread, panic, and terror. It delineates the boundaries between fear and anxiety and demonstrates how phobic states constitute an admixture of these two emotions. The book also deals with phobic character and the personality trait of cowardice. Individual chapters are devoted to six main fears of life that arise sequentially over the course of psychic development.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on print version record.
Machine generated contents note: PROLOGUE
ch. One Fear, phobia, and cowardice / Salman Akhtar
SIX MAIN FEARS OF OUR LIVES
ch. Two Fear of breakdown / Elaine Zickler
ch. Three Fear of aloneness / Peggy B. Hutson
ch. Four Fear of intimacy / Susan Kavaler-Adler
ch. Five Fear of injury / Jerome S. Blackman
ch. Six Fear of success / Andrew Klafter
ch. Seven Fear of death / Calvin A. Colarusso
EPILOGUE
ch. Eight Fear across the life span / M. Hossein Etezady.
