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Reading about
Kleinian Ideas
This first section is particularly meant for those new to the work. Segal’s introductions to Klein’s works are classics, but for those requiring a complete introduction written in non-technical language, the Salzburger-Wittenberg text is very readable. It was originally intended for social workers seeking to deepen their understanding of the worker-client relationship.
Hinshelwood’s Clinical Klein, (reviewed elsewhere on this website) presents vignettes of Klein’s own clinical work in an explanatory, accessible way. His co-authored book presents the ideas in an intriguing way through pictures and text. The 1959 Klein paper is a late one, written for the lay public, and is easier reading for a newcomer than some of her other work.
HINSHELWOOD, R.D. (1994). Clinical Klein. London: Free Association Books.
HINSHELWOOD, R.D., ROBINSON, S. & ZARATE, O. (1997). Melanie Klein for Beginners. Duxford, Cambs: Icon Books.
KLEIN, M. (1959). Our adult world and its roots in infancy. In The Writings of Melanie Klein, Vol. 3, pp.247-263. London: Hogarth Press, 1975, and Virago Press, 1997.
SALZBERGER-WITTENBERG, I. (1968). psychoAnalytic Insight and Relationships: a Kleinian Approach. London: Routledge Kegan Paul.
SEGAL, H.
(1964). Introduction to the Work of Melanie Klein.
London: Heinemann; also
published New York: Basic Books,
1964. Second edition, London: Hogarth Press, 1973.
SEGAL, H. (1978). Klein. London: Fontana.
Further reading about Kleinian ideas
HINSHELWOOD, R.D. (1989). A Dictionary of Kleinian Thought. London: Free Association Books. Second edition, 1991.
KLEIN, M. (1926). The psychological principles of early
analysis. In The Writings of Melanie Klein, Vol. 1, pp.128-138.
London: Hogarth Press, 1975, and Virago Press, 1997.
KLEIN, M. (1928). Early stages of the Oedipus conflict.
Int. J. Psychoanal., 27. In
The Writings of Melanie Klein, Vol. 1, pp.186-98. London: Hogarth
Press, 1975, and Virago Press, 1997.
KLEIN, M. (1935). A contribution to the psychogenesis of
manic-depressive states. Int. J. Psychoanal., 16. In, Vol.1,
pp.262-89. London: Hogarth Press, 1975, and Virago Press, 1997.
KLEIN, M. (1940). Mourning and its relation to
manic-depressive states. In The Writings of Melanie Klein, Vol.
1, London: Hogarth Press, 1975, and Virago Press, 1997, pp.
344-369.
KLEIN, M. (1946). Notes on some schizoid mechanisms. Int. J. Psychoanal., 27:99- 110. Revised version in M. Klein, P. Heimann, S. Isaacs, and J. Rivière, Developments in psychoAnalysis. London: Hogarth Press, (1952), pp. 292- 320. Reprinted in The Writings of Melanie Klein, Vol. 3, pp.1-24. London: Hogarth Press, 1975,.
KLEIN, M. (1957). Envy and Gratitude. London: Tavistock. In The Writings of Melanie Klein, Vol. 3, pp.176-235. London: Hogarth Press, 1975, and Virago Press, 1997.
LIKIERMAN, M. (2001). Melanie Klein, Her Work in Context. London: Continuum.
PETOT, J-M. (1990). Melanie Klein. Paris: Dunod. Published in English as Melanie Klein, trans. C. Trollope. 2 vols. Madison: IUP.
The Institute of Psychoanalysis, London. Adult psychoanalytic training: Contributions from Kleinian psychoanalysts
What follows is the outline of a course of seminars run internally for students at the Institute of Psychoanalysis in London. The website editors thought the reading list would be of interest for visitors wanting more detailed suggestions for reading around key topics. The reading focuses on the work of Klein’s successors, with reference back to relevant parts of Klein’s own work.
Seminar
Leaders: Richard Rusbridger and Jane Milton
These seminars aimed to give an introduction to a broad range of Kleinian/ post-Kleinian ideas. Each evening was based around a key topic. In each case we looked at the work of several clinicians who have helped to develop the ideas, concentrating particularly on their clinical applications. We took as read each time the ‘recommended reading’. The additional reading includes original papers by Klein or her close collaborators relevant to the topic of the seminar.
1. The paranoid schizoid and depressive positions
Recommended reading
Riviere, J. (1936). A contribution to the analysis of the negative therapeutic reaction. Int. J. Psychoanal. 17: 304-320. Also in Hughes, A., The Inner World and Joan Riviere, London: Karnac, 1991.
Roth, P. (2001). The paranoid schizoid position. In Kleinian theory, a Contemporary Perspective, ed. C.Bronstein, London: Whurr.
Steiner, J. (1993). Chapter 3, The paranoid schizoid and depressive positions, in Psychic Retreats. London: Routledge.
Additional Reading
Klein, M. (1940). Mourning and its relation to manic-depressive states. In The Writings of Melanie Klein, Vol. 1, London: Hogarth Press, 1975, and Virago Press, 1997, pp. 344-369.
Klein, M. (1946). Notes on some schizoid mechanisms. Int. J. Psychoanal., 27: 99-110. Revised version in M. Klein, P. Heimann, S. Isaacs, and J. Rivière, Developments in psychoAnalysis. London: Hogarth Press, (1952), pp. 292-320. Reprinted in The Writings of Melanie Klein, Vol. 3, pp.1-24. London: Hogarth Press, 1975, and Virago Press, 1997.
2. Phantasy
Recommended reading
Hinshelwood, R. (1994). Pages 17-57 of Clinical Klein. London: Free Association Books.
Spillius, E. Bott. (2001). Freud and Klein on the concept of phantasy. Int. J. Psychoanal., 82: 361-373.
Additional Reading
Isaacs, S. (1952). The nature and function of phantasy. First version published in The Freud/Klein Controversies, 1941-1945, eds. P. King, and R. Steiner, 1991, London: Routledge, pp. 264-321. Revised version published in Int. J. Psychoanal. in 1948 and finally in Klein, M., Heimann, P., Isaacs, S., and Riviere, J., Developments in psychoAnalysis. London: Hogarth Press, pp. 67-121.
3. Projective identification
Recommended reading
Rosenfeld, H. (1987). Projective identification in clinical practice. In Impasse and Interpretation. London: Tavistock.
Spillius, E. Bott. (1992). Clinical experiences of projective identification. In Clinical Lectures on Klein and Bion, ed. R.Anderson. London: Routledge, pp. 59-73.
Additional Reading
Klein, M. (1946). Notes on some schizoid mechanisms. Int. J. Psychoanal., 27: 99-110. Revised version in M. Klein, P. Heimann, S. Isaacs, and J. Rivière, Developments in psychoAnalysis. London: Hogarth Press, (1952), pp. 292-320. Reprinted in The Writings of Melanie Klein, Vol. 3, pp.1-24. London: Hogarth Press, 1975, and Virago Press, 1997.
4. The Oedipus complex
Recommended reading
Britton, R. (1989). The missing link: parental sexuality in the Oedipus complex. In The Oedipus Complex Today, ed. J. Steiner. London: H. Karnac Books.
Rusbridger, R. (1999). Elements of the Oedipus complex: building up the picture. Brit J. Psychother. 15: 488-500.
Additional reading
Klein, M. (1945). The Oedipus complex in the light of early anxieties. Int. J. Psychoanal., 26. In The Writings of Melanie Klein, Vol. 1, pp.370-419. London: Hogarth Press, 1975, and Virago Press, 1997.
O’Shaughnessy, E. (1989). The invisible Oedipus complex. In The Oedipus Complex Today, ed. J. Steiner. London: H. Karnac Books.
5. Envy and gratitude and the life and death instincts
Recommended reading
Segal, H. (1993). On the clinical usefulness of the concept of the death instinct. Int. J. Psychoanal., 74: 55-61. In Psychoanalysis, Literature and War: Papers 1972-1995, ed. J.Steiner. London: Routledge, 1997,
Spillius, E. Bott. (1993). Varieties of envious experience. Int. J. Psychoanal., 74: 1199-1212.
Additional reading
Feldman, M. (2000). Some views on the manifestation of the death instinct in clinical work. Int. J. Psychoanal., 81: 53-66.
Klein, M. (1957). Envy and Gratitude. London: Tavistock. In The Writings of Melanie Klein, Vol. 3, pp.176-235. London: Hogarth Press, 1975, and Virago Press, 1997.
6. Narcissism and pathological organisations
Recommended Reading
O’Shaughnessy, E. (1981). A clinical study of a defensive organization. Int. J. Psychoanal., 62: 359-369. In Melanie Klein Today Vol 1. Mainly Theory, ed. E. Bott Spillius, London: Routledge 1988.
Segal, H. & Bell, D. (1991). The theory of narcissism in the work of Freud and Klein. In Freud’s “On Narcissism: An Introduction”, ed. J. Sandler, E.S. Person & P. Fonagy. New Haven: Yale University Press.
Steiner, J. (1993). Chapter 1: A theory of psychic retreats, and Chapter 2: A clinical illustration. In Psychic Retreats. London: Routledge.
7. Learning and Thinking
Recommended reading
Bion, W.R. (1962). A theory of thinking. Int. J. Psychoanal., 43: 306-310. In Second Thoughts. London: Heinemann, 1967, and reprinted London: Karnac Books, 1984.
Money-Kyrle, R. (1968). Cognitive development. Int. J. psychoAnal., 49: 691-8. In The Collected Papers of Roger Money-Kyrle. Perthshire: Clunie Press, 1978, pp. 416-33.
Additional reading
Britton, R. (1998). Belief and psychic reality. In Belief and Imagination. London: Routledge.
Klein, M. (1923). The role of the school in the libidinal development of the child. In The Writings of Melanie Klein, Vol. 1, pp.59-76. London: Hogarth Press, 1975, and Virago Press, 1997.
8. Symbolism and Creativity
Recommended reading
Britton, R.(1995). Reality and unreality in phantasy and fiction. In E.S. Person, P. Fonagy, S.A. Figueira (Eds.) On Freud’s “Creative Writers and Day-Dreaming”. New Haven: Yale University Press.
Caper, R. (1997). Symbol formation and creativity: Hanna Segal’s theoretical contributions. In Reason and Passion: a Celebration of the Work of Hanna Segal, ed. D. Bell. London: Duckworth.
Jaques, E. (1965). Death and the mid-life crisis. Int. J. Psychoanal., 46: 502-14. In: Melanie Klein Today Vol 2: Mainly Practice, ed. E.Bott Spillius. London: Routledge, 1988.
9. Developments in technique
Recommended reading
Joseph, B. (1983). On understanding and not understanding: some technical issues. Int. J. Psychoanal., 64: 291-298; reprinted in Psychic Equilibrium and Psychic Change: Selected Papers of Betty Joseph, eds. E.B.Spillius & M.Feldman. London & New York: Routledge (1989).
Spillius, E. Bott. (1983). Some developments from the work of Melanie Klein. Int. J. Psychoanal., 64: 321-332.
Additional reading
Caper, R. (1994). Does psychoanalysis heal? A. contribution to the theory of psychoanalytic technique. Int. J. Psychoanal., 73: 283-92. Reprinted, slightly revised, in A Mind of One’s Own. London: Routledge, 1999, pp. 19-31.
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