The Shadow of the Object: Psychoanalysis of the Unthought Known

Basing his view on the object relations theories of the "British School" of psychoanalysis, Christopher Bollas examines the human subject's memories of its earliest experiences (during infancy and childhood) of the object, whether it be mother, father, or self. He explains in well-written and non-technical language how the object can affect the child, or "cast in shadow," without the child being able to process this relation through mental representations of language.

Author: Christopher Bollas
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 06/14/1989
Pages: 301
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.94lbs
Size: 8.96h x 5.90w x 0.79d
ISBN13: 9780231066273
ISBN10: 0231066279
BISAC Categories:
- Medical | Psychiatry | General
- Psychology | Movements | Psychoanalysis

About the Author
Christopher Bollas is Director of Education at the Austen Riggs Center of Stockbridge, Massachusetts, and Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts.