Heinz Kohut: The Chicago Institute Lectures

431 Pages·1996·20.999 MB·English

by  Paul Tolpin, Marian Tolpin

HEINZ KoHuT

The Chicago Institute Lectures
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HEINZ KoHuT

The Chicago Institute Lectures
edited by
Paul Tolpin and Marian Tolpin
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1996 Hillsdale, NJ London
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Kohut, Heinz
[Speeches. Selections]
Heinz Kohut: the Chicago Institute lectures I edited by Paul Tolpin,
Marian Tolpin.
p. em.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-88163-116-7
1. Psychoanalysis. I. Tolpin, Paul. II. Tolpin, Marian.
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BF109.K618A25 1996
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CoNTENTS

PREFACE IiXx
LEcruRE 1 (January 7, 1972) 1

PERVERSIONS

LECTURE 2 (April 14, 1972) 13

WHAT ARE PATIENTS ANGRY ABOUT?
LECfURE 3 (November 24, 1972) 31

THOUGHTS ABoUT NARCISSISM AND HOMOSEXUALITY
LECTURE 4 (March 2, 1973) 47
ON THE VERTICAL SPLIT
LEcruRE 5 (June 8, 1973) 63

VARIETIES OF AGGRESSION, PossiBILmES OF SELF
LEcruRE 6 (February 15, 1974) 79

THE MATURE TRANSFORMATIONS OF NARCISSISM
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LEcruRE 7 (March 29, 1974) 93
ON THE THERAPEUTIC ALLIANCE
LEcruRE 8 (June 7, 1974) 109
NARCISSISTIC DISORDERS, OEDIPAL DISORDERS
LEcruRE 9 (October ll, 1974) 125
THE Porm OF VIEW oF SELF PsYCHOLCXJY
LEcruRE 10 (October 25, 1974) 141
PARANOIA AND SELF PSYCHOLCXJY
LEcruRE ll (November 8, 1974) 159
PHOBIAS, OBSESSIONS, AND SELF PSYCHOLCXJY
LEcruRE 12 (November 22, 1974) 177
LIBIDO THEORY AND THE PSYCHOLCXJY OF THE SELF
LEcruRE 13 (January 3, 1975) 195
VARIETIES OF AGGRESSION
LEcruRE 14 (January 17, 1975) 211
THE QUESTION OF DRIVE PSYCHOLCXJY AND SoME THOUGHTS
ON TECHNIQUE
LEcruRE 15 (January 31, 1975) 227
CoNSCIOUSNESS, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, AND THE SELF
LEcruRE 16 (February 14, 1975) 243
PRIDE, SHAME, AND SELF-REGULATION
LEcruRE 17 (February 28, 1975) 259
THE SELF AND THE OEDIPUS CoMPLEX
LEcruRE 18 (March 14, 1975) 275
A NEW MODE OF THINI<ING: NARCISSISM AND THE
PSYCHOLCXJY OF PSYCHOSIS
LEcruRE 19 (March 28, 1975) 291
THE NucLEAR SELF AND THE QUESTioN OF HEALTH
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Contents Vl1
LECTURE 20 (April 11, 1975) 307
THE BIPOLARITY OF THE SELF
LECTURE 21 (April 25, 1975) 319
VARIETIES OF NARCISSISM
LECTURE 22 (May 9, 1975) 333
STRUCTURAL PSYCHOLOGY, SELF PSYCHOLOGY:
THE SELF-OBJECT MILIEU OF EARLy LIFE
LECTURE 23 (May 23, 1975) 349
THE SUBTLETY OF SELF-OBJECT INTERACTIONS
LECTURE 24 (June 6, 1975) 365
TECHNIQUE, TERMINATION, TRIAL INTERNALIZATIONS
LECTURE 25 (June 11, 1976) 381
THouGHTS oN THE SELF AND ITs RESToRATION
REFERENCES 397
INDEX 401
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PREFACE

KoHur TALKS WITH SroDENTs-"I'M STILL STRUGGLING WITH InEAs"
The 25 Chicago Institute Lectures originated in informal talks that
Heinz Kohut gave to advanced students in classes he taught from 1972 to
1976. These were years of transition between The Analysis ofthe Self(197l)
and The Restoration of the Self (1977; the ideas of the bipolar self and
compensatory structure were introduced in the latter book ftrst mentioned
here). It was suggested to Kohut (by Paul Tolpin in 1980) that the talks
would be useful for teaching his new theory of the self and that they
should be published as a book. Kohut was doubtful. The talks were "off
the cuff," entirely extemporaneous. A more important reservation, as he
had told the students earlier (see Lecture 10) was, "I'm not yet so clear
about what I'm talking about. I'm still struggling with ideas and have not
nicely systematized them" (pp. 142-143).
Indeed, the lectures are not "nicely systematized." Not yet clear about
the theoretical conceptualization of his clinical discoveries, Kohut fre­
quently circles around the students' question, so to speak, before turning
back to his answers. Thus the titles (which we added) do not reflect all the
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