The Oedipus complex today : clinical implications / Ronald Britton, Michael Feldman, and Edna O'Shaughnessy ; edited by John Steiner ; with an introduction by Hanna Segal.

Preface - John Steiner. Introduction - Hannah Segal. 1 The Oedipus complex in the light of early anxieties - Melanie Klein. 2 The missing link: parental sexuality in the Oedipus complex - Ronald Britton. 3 The Oedipus complex: manifestations in the inner world and the therapeutic situation - Michael Feldman. 4 The invisible Oedipus complex - Edna O'Shaughnessy

'The papers...which form the greater part of [the book] were originally given at the Melanie Klein Conference on the Oedipus Complex in September 1987 at University College, London....The three papers..."are based on central concepts first put forward by Mrs. Klein. They show, however, a considerable development and elaboration of her basic ideas....They also show a considerable advance in understanding the effect of those early processes and fantasies on such mental functions as perception and thinking. All the chapters are also concerned with technique, and it is in this area that developments since Mrs. Klein are possibly most striking."'

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