Narcissism: considerations today
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.70435/junguiana.v41i2.35Keywords:
narcissism, echoism, myth of Echo and Narcissus, creative and defensive structuring functions, analytical psychology, individuation processAbstract
The author reviews the concept of narcissism in psychoanalysis contrasting it with Jung’s concept of individuation. Starting with the myth of Echo and Narcissus following C. Byington’s description of creative and defensive structuring functions, the author describes the narcissism- echoism polarity in a similar way. She interprets the myth of Echo and Narcissus from normality to the psychotic reaction of their personalities, within the creative-defensive inter-relationship of the narcissism-echoism polarity. She concludes by quoting Jung to emphasize the importance of the ego-other relationship in the individuation process.
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