Kohut's Self Psychology for a Fractured World

Drawing from Kohut''s conceptualisation of self, Riker sets out how contemporary America''s formulation of persons as autonomous, self-sufficient individuals is deeply injurious to the development of a vitalizing self-structure—a condition which lies behind much of the mental illness and social malaise of today''s world.

By carefully attending to Kohut''s texts, Riker explains the structural, funct...