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Editor's introduction: power

Editor's introduction: power EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION: POWER Early psychoanalytic theory of motivation centered upon sexual and self-preservatory instincts (Freud, 1905, 1915). Later, both these motivations were subsumed under the broad rubric of “life instinct” and the concept of “death instinct”, of which aggression was an outward manifestation, was added (Freud, 1920). As clinical experience accumulated and psychoanalytic theory grew in tandem, it became clear that forces other than sex and agression also impelled the mind to act. Prominent among these were concerns pertaining to attachment and object relations (Fairbairn, 1952; Bowlby, 1969; Guntrip, 1969) and to self-expression and self-coherence (Kohutt, 1977). While all this has come to be well-recognized (Pine, 1990), what still remains unknown is that the drive for mastery (Hendrick, 1942), the need to be understood and “known” by others (Bion, 1967), and the search for epistemolphilic satisfaction (Nunberg, 1931; Steinberg, 1993) are also important motivations for human beings. The list does not end here, as there is yet another factor that motivates the human mind. This involves the desire for power. Ethel Person’s book Feeling Strong: The Achivement of Authentic Power deals with this very subject. Person offers a wide-ranging and textured elucidation of the concept of power, greatly http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies Wiley

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Wiley
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Copyright © 2004 Whurr Publishers Ltd.
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1742-3341
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1556-9187
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10.1002/aps.85
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EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION: POWER Early psychoanalytic theory of motivation centered upon sexual and self-preservatory instincts (Freud, 1905, 1915). Later, both these motivations were subsumed under the broad rubric of “life instinct” and the concept of “death instinct”, of which aggression was an outward manifestation, was added (Freud, 1920). As clinical experience accumulated and psychoanalytic theory grew in tandem, it became clear that forces other than sex and agression also impelled the mind to act. Prominent among these were concerns pertaining to attachment and object relations (Fairbairn, 1952; Bowlby, 1969; Guntrip, 1969) and to self-expression and self-coherence (Kohutt, 1977). While all this has come to be well-recognized (Pine, 1990), what still remains unknown is that the drive for mastery (Hendrick, 1942), the need to be understood and “known” by others (Bion, 1967), and the search for epistemolphilic satisfaction (Nunberg, 1931; Steinberg, 1993) are also important motivations for human beings. The list does not end here, as there is yet another factor that motivates the human mind. This involves the desire for power. Ethel Person’s book Feeling Strong: The Achivement of Authentic Power deals with this very subject. Person offers a wide-ranging and textured elucidation of the concept of power, greatly

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Published: Nov 1, 2004

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