Explorations into the Self

by Michael Fordham

This rewarding work is the product of sustained observation of and reflection on phenomena arising out of three broad topics in the field of analytical psychology. Firstly it analyses and evaluates the ambiguity in Jung's definitions and metaphors about the self. Secondly it investigates the relation of the ego to the self. Finally the presence of the self is explored. Fordham's innovative and original view of the self further extends our understanding of its dynamics and helps to establish some sense of the complementariness as well as differences between Jung and Klein.

250 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1985

About the author

Michael Fordham was an English child psychiatrist and Jungian analyst. His clinical and theoretical collaboration with psychoanalysts of the object relations school led him to make significant theoretical contributions to what has become known as 'The London School' of analytical psychology.