Psychoanalytic Theories of Personality

At the center of attention is a comparative analysis of psychoanalytic theories of personality. Gerald Blum examines how different branches of psychoanalysis explain the formation of personality, unconscious processes, defense mechanisms, psychosexual development, and interpersonal relationships. The material is structured around the question of the origins of internal conflicts and the role of early experience in human development. The publication helps to see how ideas about a person have changed within the psychodynamic tradition.