Empathy and identification in von Donnersmarck's the lives of others

Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 811-832

  Diamond, Diana ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a City College

^b University Center of the City of New York

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; AWARENESS; CONFLICT; EGO DEVELOPMENT; EMOTION; EMPATHY; HUMAN; IDENTITY; IMITATION; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TERRORISM;

AWARENESS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; HUMANS; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; PSYCHOANALYTIC INTERPRETATION; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY; TERRORISM; UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 51649094349     PISSN: 00030651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003065108323590     Document Type: Article

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