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Human aggression and depression: Can these drives be utilized in a constructive way?

Human aggression and depression: Can these drives be utilized in a constructive way? THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOANALYSIS 37:201-206 (1977) HUMAN AGGRESSION AND DEPRESSION: CAN THESE DRIVES BE UTILIZED IN A CONSTRUCTIVE WAY? Ebrahim J. Kermani A review of psychoanalytic literature on aggression leads one to think that aggression is a drive that is constantly undergoing successive qualitative transfor- mations. As early as 1908, Adler suggested that aggression is a primary instinctual drive, and he later expressed this drive as the "will to power" and then as "striving for superiority and perfection. ''1 What are the sources of human aggression, and what are the aims of aggression? Tinbergen has quoted Lorenz's idea that man, like animal, has an internal pleasur- able urge to attack. The individual does not simply wait to be provoked. Even if actual attack has not been possible for some time, this urge to fight builds up until the individual actively seeks the opportunity to indulge in fighting or in one way or another discharge his aggression2 Freud's original view (1920) indicates that aggression, unlike the discharge of libido, is not accompanied by pleasure. 3 How- ever, in his later views (1930) he says that aggression can be fused with libido (i.e. eroticized) and then directed toward representations of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Journal of Psychoanalysis Springer Journals

Human aggression and depression: Can these drives be utilized in a constructive way?

Kermani, Ebrahim J.
The American Journal of Psychoanalysis , Volume 37 (3): 6 – Sep 1, 1977
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Springer Journals
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1977 The Association for the Advancement of Psychoanalysis
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0002-9548
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1573-6741
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10.1007/BF01256607
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THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOANALYSIS 37:201-206 (1977) HUMAN AGGRESSION AND DEPRESSION: CAN THESE DRIVES BE UTILIZED IN A CONSTRUCTIVE WAY? Ebrahim J. Kermani A review of psychoanalytic literature on aggression leads one to think that aggression is a drive that is constantly undergoing successive qualitative transfor- mations. As early as 1908, Adler suggested that aggression is a primary instinctual drive, and he later expressed this drive as the "will to power" and then as "striving for superiority and perfection. ''1 What are the sources of human aggression, and what are the aims of aggression? Tinbergen has quoted Lorenz's idea that man, like animal, has an internal pleasur- able urge to attack. The individual does not simply wait to be provoked. Even if actual attack has not been possible for some time, this urge to fight builds up until the individual actively seeks the opportunity to indulge in fighting or in one way or another discharge his aggression2 Freud's original view (1920) indicates that aggression, unlike the discharge of libido, is not accompanied by pleasure. 3 How- ever, in his later views (1930) he says that aggression can be fused with libido (i.e. eroticized) and then directed toward representations of

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Published: Sep 1, 1977

Keywords: Clinical Psychology; Psychotherapy; Psychoanalysis

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