Narcissism's rich and complex history is also the history of the shifting fortunes and powerful influence of psychoanalysis in American thought and culture. Telling this story, The Americanization of Narcissism" ultimately opens a new view on the central questions faced by the self struggling amid the tumultuous crosscurrents of modernity.
Content Note
Narcissism in the Me Decade -- The culture of narcissism -- Heinz Kohut's American Freud -- Otto Kernberg's narcissistic dystopia -- Dimensions of narcissism from Freud to the Me Decade and beyond -- Self-love -- Independence -- Vanity -- Gratification -- Inaccessibility -- Identity -- Conclusion: Narcissism today.