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Man against himself by Karl A. Menninger · Booklabria

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Man against himself

PsychoanalysisSuicide

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First published: 1938
Language: English
Editions: 2

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In this landmark book, the impulse toward self-destructiveness is examined as a misdirection of the instinct for survival, a turning inward of the aggressive behavior developed for self-preservation. "One of the most absorbing books I have read in recent years" (Joseph Wood Krutch, The Nation).

Subjects: Psychoanalysis
Suicide
Psychopathology
Self-destructive behavior

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