Series: Connections and Conversation
Connections and Conversation is a free monthly Zoom meeting, cultivating creativity and freedom of thought and feeling. We invite you to engage with our presenters and community as they share their interests and passions in conversation on current topics in psychoanalysis.
This free event that alternates times. The meeting often begins with a 45 minute presentation followed by 45 minutes of conversation. When an event is recorded you can access the recording at the vault.
This series is open to all.
In case of questions please contact: [email protected]
Different types of narcissism: a neuropsychoanalytic perspective
August 2 @ 9:00 am - 10:30 am PDT
Freud’s conception of narcissism was always grounded in his drive theories. He initially identified narcissism as a disposition of the libidinal drive in which it takes the ego as its love object (this is self-love). Subsequently, with his elaboration of the death drive concept, Freud introduced a second narcissistic disposition which entailed a destructive attitude to the object. This was called destructive narcissism (object-hate); a concept which was developed further by the British Kleinians. In this talk, Mark Solms will consider the implications for our understanding of narcissism if there are not two drives but rather seven – as modern neurobiology suggests.
Presenter
Professor Mark Solms
Professor Mark Solms is a member of the British Psychoanalytical Society and the American and South African Psychoanalytic Associations. He is Director of Neuropsychology at the Neuroscience Institute of the University of Cape Town. He is an Honorary Fellow of the American College of Psychiatrists. He has received numerous honours and awards, including the Sigourney Prize. He has published 350 scientific papers, and eight books, the latest being The Hidden Spring (Norton, 2021). He is the authorized editor and translator of the Revised Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud (24 volumes) and the forthcoming Complete Neuroscientific Works of Sigmund Freud (4 volumes).
Series: Connections and Conversation
Connections and Conversation is a free monthly Zoom meeting, cultivating creativity and freedom of thought and feeling. We invite you to engage with our presenters and community as they share their interests and passions in conversation on current topics in psychoanalysis.
This free event that alternates times. The meeting often begins with a 45 minute presentation followed by 45 minutes of conversation. When an event is recorded you can access the recording at the vault.
This series is open to all.
In case of questions please contact: [email protected]
Different types of narcissism: a neuropsychoanalytic perspective
August 2 @ 9:00 am - 10:30 am PDT
Freud’s conception of narcissism was always grounded in his drive theories. He initially identified narcissism as a disposition of the libidinal drive in which it takes the ego as its love object (this is self-love). Subsequently, with his elaboration of the death drive concept, Freud introduced a second narcissistic disposition which entailed a destructive attitude to the object. This was called destructive narcissism (object-hate); a concept which was developed further by the British Kleinians. In this talk, Mark Solms will consider the implications for our understanding of narcissism if there are not two drives but rather seven – as modern neurobiology suggests.
Presenter
Professor Mark Solms
Professor Mark Solms is a member of the British Psychoanalytical Society and the American and South African Psychoanalytic Associations. He is Director of Neuropsychology at the Neuroscience Institute of the University of Cape Town. He is an Honorary Fellow of the American College of Psychiatrists. He has received numerous honours and awards, including the Sigourney Prize. He has published 350 scientific papers, and eight books, the latest being The Hidden Spring (Norton, 2021). He is the authorized editor and translator of the Revised Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud (24 volumes) and the forthcoming Complete Neuroscientific Works of Sigmund Freud (4 volumes).
Presentation Vault
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