W. R. D. Fairbairn

From Instinct to Self: Selected papers of W.R.D Fairbairn (2 Volumes.)

(Londres, Jason Aronson, 1995)

Synopsis
Volume I is a collection of papers on the therapeutic implications of object relations theory. (These are papers which were not included in 'Psychoanalytic studies of the personality'.) Volume II consists of works by Fairbairn which possess historical interest - both in terms of Fairbairn's intellectual development, and the history of psychoanalysis.

W. R. D. Fairbairn

Psychoanalytic Studies of the Personality: Collected Papers

(Londres, Routledge, 1992)

Synopsis
First published in 1952, W.R.D. Fairbairn's "Psychoanalytic Studies of the Personality" re-oriented psychoanalysis by centring human development on the infant's innate need for relationships, describing the process of splitting and the internal dynamic relationship between ego and object. His elegant theory is still a vital framework of psychoanalytic theory and practice, infant research, group relations and family therapy.

This classic collection of papers, available for the first time in paperback, has a new introduction which sets Fairbairn's work in context, provides an overview of object relations theory, and traces modern developments launched by Fairbairn's discoveries.