A critique of Kenneth Mark Colby's energy and structure in psychoanalysis
Psychoanalytic theory is often criticized because its concept of energy conflicts with that of other sciences. Colby accepts the basic postulates of psychoanalysis, but prefers to redefine them in terms of a modern view of energy. To clarify the relationship between energy and structure, he offers a...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Behavioral Science 1956, Vol.1 (2), p.143-153 |
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| Sprache: | eng |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Psychoanalytic theory is often criticized because its concept of energy conflicts with that of other sciences. Colby accepts the basic postulates of psychoanalysis, but prefers to redefine them in terms of a modern view of energy. To clarify the relationship between energy and structure, he offers an alternate model of psychic structure. |
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| ISSN: | 0005-7940 1099-1743 1932-300X |
| DOI: | 10.1002/bs.3830010206 |