Ego, drives, and the dynamics of internal objects

This paper addresses the relationship between the ego, id, and internal objects. While ego psychology views the ego as autonomous of the drives, a less well-known alternative position views the ego as constituted by the drives. Based on Freud’s ego-instinct account, this position has developed into...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Simon eBoag
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
EGO
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00666/full