The Fantasy of Oneness and the Struggle to Separate

Towards a Psychology of Culture

Richard A. Koenigsberg

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03 December 2007

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Contents

In depth look at the psychology of separating oneself 'the Fantasy of Oneness and the Struggle to Separate'

Chapter 1. The Dual Nature of the Human Ego.

Chapter 2. The Conversion Process as a Response to Separation.
Chapter 3. The Denial of Separateness.
Chapter 4. Internalization.
Chapter 5. The Struggle for Separateness.
Chapter 6. The Fantasy of Merger as a Source of Anxiety.
Chapter 7. Conflict and Ambivalence Surrounding Separation-Individuation.
Chapter 8. The Transitional Object and the Struggle to Separate.
Chapter 9. Culture as a Transitional Object.
Chapter 10. The Bodily Roots of the Symbol.
Chapter 11. The Bodily Roots of Culture.
Chapter 12. Repression.
References.