Delivered to advanced candidates at the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis in 1974-75, the lectures contained in this volume address topics including the role of self-object failures on psychopathology and the relationship between givens and the psychological environment in pathogenesis.

Delivered to advanced candidates at The Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis in 1974-75, The Chicago Institute Lectures reveal a Kohut in transition, a Kohut wrestling with the creative tension in psychoanalysis between tradition and innovation, between continuity and change, even as he worked toward the psychology of the self "in the broad sense" that marked his decisive break from traditional psychoanalytic thought. Lightly edited by the Tolpins to preserve their authenticy, these lectures preserve the voice, the intellectual style, and the pedagogical bearing of a gifted creator...