Why the self is empty: Toward a historically situated psychology

American Psychologist

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1990, Pages 599-611

  Cushman, Philip ^a  

^a ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EGO; EUROPE; HISTORY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; UNITED STATES;

EGO; EUROPE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 18TH CENT.; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 19TH CENT.; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 20TH CENT.; HUMAN; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0025423919     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.45.5.599     Document Type: Article

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