Omnipotent fantasies and the vulnerable self / edited by Carolyn S. Ellman and Joseph Reppen. - xv, 275 pages ; 22 cm. - The library of clinical psychoanalysis . - Library of clinical psychoanalysis. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Omnipotence and Power -- Omnipotence: Pathology and Resistance -- Omnipotence in the Transference and in the Countertransference -- Discussion -- Omnipotence in Health and Illness -- Discussion -- The Trauma of Confronting One's Vulnerability and Death -- Discussion -- Narcissism and the Quest for Political Power -- Omnipotence, or the Delusional Aspect of Ideology, in Relation to Love and Power -- Index. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

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