Immaterial facts : Freud's discovery of the psychic reality and Klein's development of his work

"In Immaterial Facts Dr. Caper shows how Melanie Klein's studies of sexuality, aggression, unconscious phantasy and identification in children both extended and corrected Freud's theories of the early development of the superego and the early stages of the Oedipus complex in both boys and girls." "Klein's development of Freud's work has allowed psychoanalysts not only to achieve deeper and more stable therapeutic results with neurotic patients, but also to begin to extend the therapeutic scope of psychoanalysis into the area of more severe emotional disturbances. Immaterial Facts will prove useful both to professionals and students interested in the treatment of emotional disturbances and the functioning of the mind."--Jacket

Shows how Melanie Klien's studies of sexuality aggression, unconscious phantasy and identification in children extended and corrected Freud's theories of the development of the superego and early stages of the Oedipus complex.

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Reviewer:Daniel M. Haycraft, MD(Rush University Medical Center)
Description:This is an excellent comparative study of the works of Sigmund Freud and Melanie Klein.
Purpose:The expressed purpose is to focus on the relationship between the work of Sigmund Freud and Melanie Klein, showing how Freud's work developed and Klein's work expanded on the work of Freud. These are very worthy objectives, especially for students or practitioners of psychotherapy. The author meets these objectives well.
Audience:This work will be of greatest value to students of psychology or psychoanalysis, or others interested in understanding the development of psychological theory. The author is a training and supervising psychoanalyst, with excellent credentials to support this work.
Features:The author provides a well written, detailed explanation of the development of Freud's models of the mind. He then proceeds with a similar exploration of the work of Melanie Klein, thought by many to be the greatest proponent of Freud's work. He shows Klein's work as a further development and clarification of Freud's, with support for his most fundamental ideas and disproval of those which he ultimately questioned.
Assessment:This excellent book is a well written, clear development of the process by which Freud's models evolved. The author makes an excellent comparison and contrast with the thinking of Melanie Klein, showing her work ultimately as a development and refinement of Freud's. This is an excellent text, bridging the gap between two seemingly divided philosophies.

Freud's most influential discovery was the importance of what he called psychic reality in the functioning of the mind.. Melanie Klein has mined more thoroughly than any other follower of Freud the vein of mental life that he discovered, and the results of her work have had an impact on psychoanalytic thinking throughout the world.In Immaterial Facts Dr. Caper shows how Melanie Klein's studies of sexuality, aggression, unconscious fantasy and identification in children both extended and corrected Freud's theories of the early development of the superego and the early stages of the Oedipus complex in both boys and girls.Klein's development of Freud's work has allowed psychoanalysts not only to achieve deeper and more stable therapeutic results with neurotic patients, but also to begin to extend the therapeutic scope of psychoanalysis into the area of more sever emotional disturbances. Immaterial Facts will proves useful and absorbing reading both to professionals and students interested in the treatment of emotional disturbances and the functioning of the mind. First published in 1999. Shows how Melanie Klien's studies of sexuality aggression, unconscious phantasy and identification in children extended and corrected Freud's theories of the development of the superego and early stages of the Oedipus complex. In 1833, a Canadian voyageur named Alexis St. Martin suffered an accidental gunshot wound that never healed, leaving him with a permanent hole in the left side of his abdomen leading into his stomach. First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.