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Narcissism and Its Discontents

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  • © 2015

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Authors:
  1. Julie Walsh

    1. University of Warwick, UK

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Part of the book series: Studies in the Psychosocial (STIP)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • Julie Walsh
    Pages 1-13

  3. On the Introduction of Narcissism to Psychoanalytic Theory: 1914 and Its Consequences

    • Julie Walsh
    Pages 14-40

  4. Socialising Narcissus via the Case of ‘Little Hans’

    • Julie Walsh
    Pages 41-62

  5. Sociology 1: On the Narcissism of Nostalgia

    • Julie Walsh
    Pages 63-81

  6. Sociology 2: Cultural Narcissism — Some Examples from Anglo-American Sociology

    • Julie Walsh
    Pages 82-114

  7. ‘Exceptional’ Woman and Exemplary Sociability: The Figure of the Narquette

    • Julie Walsh
    Pages 115-144

  8. From Narcissism to Melancholia, and Back Again…

    • Julie Walsh
    Pages 145-162

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 163-182
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About this book

Narcissism and Its Discontents challenges the received wisdom that narcissism is only destructive of good social relations. By building on insights from psychoanalysis and critical theory it puts forward a theorisation of narcissistic sociability which redeems Narcissus from his position as the subject of negative critique.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Warwick, UK

    Julie Walsh

About the author

Julie Walsh is an Institute of Advanced Study Global Research Fellow in the department of Sociology, University of Warwick, UK.

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