This book provides an in-depth analysis of the major milestones in Karl Abraham's career, and highlights his interest in mythology and his permanent focus on the libido. It explores his development of two different forms of early object relations: incorporation and destruction.
Foreword to the English Edition -- Foreword -- Abraham, Psychoanalysis,
and his Time -- An introduction -- Historical context -- The limits of a life
-- Abrahams time in Zurich: the decisive change (19041907) -- Transfer to
Berlin (19081915) -- The Great War -- The psychoanalytic trenches again --
Abrahams Role and Uniqueness in Psychoanalytic Theory -- First
psychoanalytic papers, his theoretical contribution -- Abraham and the
psychoanalytic movement -- Abraham, linguistics, and mythology -- Applied
psychoanalysis -- The correspondence -- The Berlin Psychoanalytic Society,
the Institute, and the Polyclinic -- Training analyst and supervisor --
Evolution of Abrahams Thought Regarding the History of Libidinal Development
(19071925) -- Incorporation into psychoanalysis -- The beginnings of object
theory (19071916) -- The first pregenital stage of the libido (1916) -- A
short study of the development of the libido, viewed in the light of mental
disorders (1924) -- Character-formation on the genital level of the libido --
Final papers -- Abraham, the Object, and Psychoanalysis -- The object as a
key concept -- Abrahampioneer of object relations theory -- To conclude --
Chronology -- The Scientific Environment of Karl Abraham -- Appendix
Sanfeliu, Isabel
