Main description:

Arrogance as a specific constellation of affect, fantasy, and behavior has received little attention in psychoanalysis. This is striking in light of the enormous amount of literature accumulated on the related phenomenon of narcissism. Rectifying this omission, the book in your hands addresses arrogance from multiple perspectives. Among the vantage points employed are psychoanalysis, evolutionary psychology, cross-cultural anthropology, fiction, as well as clinical work with children and adults. The result is a harmonious gestalt of insight that is bound to enhance the clinician's attunement to the covert anguish of those afflicted with arrogance.

Contents:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ABOUT THE EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS

INTRODUCTION

PROLOGUE

CHAPTER ONE

The realm of arrogance

Salman Akhtar

PART I: DEVELOPMENTAL REALM

CHAPTER TWO

An evolutionary hypothesis on arrogance

Kathryn Baselice and J. Anderson Thomson, Jr.

CHAPTER THREE

Arrogance of children and adolescents

Ann Smolen

CHAPTER FOUR

Defensive arrogance in adult philanderers

Jerome Blackman

PART II: CULTURAL REALM

CHAPTER FIVE

Arrogance in text and in context

Apurvah Shah

CHAPTER SIX

Literary portrayals of arrogance

Nilofer Kaul

PART III: CLINICAL REALM

CHAPTER SEVEN

Arrogance and aloneness

Kathleen Ross

CHAPTER EIGHT

Arrogance in countertransference

Dhwani Shah

CHAPTER NINE

Managing arrogance in child analysis

Susan Sherkow

EPILOGUE

CHAPTER TEN

The realm of humility

Salman Akhtar

REFERENCES

INDEX