
pmid: 2584596
This paper explores the relevance of the concept of character organization for psychoanalysis and argues for its usefulness in preserving what is specific to character. Character organization is viewed as a bridge concept between the observable and the structural, the role of fantasy and object relations in development, and as a convenient way of describing certain global phenomena not easily encompassed by the structural theory or compromise formation.
Ego, Character, Neurotic Disorders, Fantasy, Object Attachment, Freudian Theory, Conflict, Psychological, Personality Development, Psychoanalytic Theory, Humans, Defense Mechanisms
Ego, Character, Neurotic Disorders, Fantasy, Object Attachment, Freudian Theory, Conflict, Psychological, Personality Development, Psychoanalytic Theory, Humans, Defense Mechanisms
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