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A changing conception of personality

A changing conception of personality A CHANGING CONCEPTION OF PERSONALITY A PERSONAL VIEWPOINT NATHAN W. ACKERMAN SYCHOANALYTIC ORIENTATION tO personal- From the time of Freud's early publica- ity theory is in a state of transition. The tions, now some sixty-odd years, the excite- convergence of a number of trends lends ment of evaluating and reevaluating his libido theory has hardly abated. Even today impetus to this development: the changing conception of the nature of mental illness the fire of this controversy continues to and health; the quest for specificity in the burn, though less fiercely than it did twenty years ago. The issues, cooler now, to be application of psychotherapeutic methods sure, are very much with us still. to different pathological conditions; the ex- panding studies of ego dynamics, interper- Most of us would agree that the catego- personal communication, adaptation of in- rization of analysts, either as instinctual theorists or culturalists, is rather arbitrary. dividual to group and the development of The urge to divide analysts into two broad, role theory; also the collaboration of psy- choanalysis and social science, on the one opposing dasses is understandable but makes little sense. There is, I believe, some hand, and psychoanalysis and physiology on critical http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Journal of Psychoanalysis Springer Journals

A changing conception of personality

Ackerman, Nathan W.
The American Journal of Psychoanalysis , Volume 17 (1): 9 – Mar 1, 1957
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1957 The Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis
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A CHANGING CONCEPTION OF PERSONALITY A PERSONAL VIEWPOINT NATHAN W. ACKERMAN SYCHOANALYTIC ORIENTATION tO personal- From the time of Freud's early publica- ity theory is in a state of transition. The tions, now some sixty-odd years, the excite- convergence of a number of trends lends ment of evaluating and reevaluating his libido theory has hardly abated. Even today impetus to this development: the changing conception of the nature of mental illness the fire of this controversy continues to and health; the quest for specificity in the burn, though less fiercely than it did twenty years ago. The issues, cooler now, to be application of psychotherapeutic methods sure, are very much with us still. to different pathological conditions; the ex- panding studies of ego dynamics, interper- Most of us would agree that the catego- personal communication, adaptation of in- rization of analysts, either as instinctual theorists or culturalists, is rather arbitrary. dividual to group and the development of The urge to divide analysts into two broad, role theory; also the collaboration of psy- choanalysis and social science, on the one opposing dasses is understandable but makes little sense. There is, I believe, some hand, and psychoanalysis and physiology on critical

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Published: Mar 1, 1957

Keywords: Clinical Psychology; Psychotherapy; Psychoanalysis

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