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The Restoration of the Self
Heinz Kohut’s The Restoration of the Self (1977) develops his psychoanalytic theory of the self and selfobject relationships.
Book details
Author of listed edition: Heinz Kohut
Edition: First published in 1977; University of Chicago Press paperback published in 2009
Publisher: International Universities Press
Edition year: 1977
Language and origin: English (United States)
Form and genre: Clinical & Theoretical Monograph
Level: Advanced
Historical era: 1960–1979 · Humanistic, Cognitive & Systemic Turn
Covers: Kohut’s theory of the self; Selfobject relationships; Psychoanalytic theory and treatment
APA 7th reference: Kohut, H. (1977). The restoration of the self. International Universities Press.
What it is
First published by International Universities Press in 1977, this book presents Kohut’s further development of self psychology. The University of Chicago Press issued a later paperback edition.
What it covers
The publisher describes Kohut’s account of the self as a psychoanalytic theory. The clinical concepts discussed in this book are theoretical interpretations, not established explanations for every person’s experience.
Reading this record
The full book was not reviewed for this entry. Publisher and library descriptions establish bibliographic details and the broad subject, but do not establish treatment effectiveness or a universal cause of distress.
Paired academic and clinical scholarship
Paired work: The Disorders of the Self and Their Treatment: An Outline (Heinz Kohut and Ernest S. Wolf, 1978)
Reference: Kohut, H., & Wolf, E. S. (1978). The disorders of the self and their treatment: An outline. The International Journal of Psycho-Analysis, 59(4), 413–425.
Kohut and Wolf outlined a self psychology account of disorders and their treatment. This is a theoretical clinical source, not independent evidence of effectiveness.
Sources and inspection notes
Kohut, H. (1977). The restoration of the self. International Universities Press.
Supports: Library catalogue identifies the 1977 International Universities Press edition.
Kohut, H. The restoration of the self. University of Chicago Press.
Supports: Publisher description of a later edition and the broad subject of Kohut’s self psychology; full book not reviewed.
BiblioVault. The restoration of the self.
Supports: Bibliographic record identifies ISBN 9780226450131 as a 2009 University of Chicago Press paperback rather than the 1977 edition.