Revisiting Ernst Kris's concept of regression in the service of the ego in art

Psychoanalytic Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 24-49

  Knafo, Danielle ^a,b  

^a LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ART; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CREATIVITY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EGO; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0036152252     PISSN: 07369735     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0736-9735.19.1.24     Document Type: Article

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