Exploring the life of the soul: philosophical reflections on psychoanalysis and self psychology

Part I. Psychoanalysis and the nature of the self and soul. 1. Knowledge in psychoanalysis: can there be a science of subjectivity?

2. The life of the soul

3. Subjectivity, the ego, and the self

4. The erotic self: Plato, Freud, and Kohut

5. Ancient theology and contemporary self psychology

6. Emerson and Thoreau: the self in relation to nature

Part II. Self psychology, culture, and society. 7. Ethics, modern society, and self psychology

8. Self psychology and the problem of the other

9. What do humans need to be human?

10. Self psychology and historical explanation

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index.