Mysticism, Motherhood, and Pathological Narcissism?: A Kohutian Analysis of Marie de l'Incarnation

The following paper makes use of Kohutian self-psychology as a hermeneutic for interpreting Marie de l'Incarnation and her perplexing decision to abandon her young son Claude in favor of religious life. The author argues that filtered through the lens of Kohutian self-psychology, Marie de l...

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Auteur principal: Dunn, Mary 1976- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publié: [2013]
Dans: Journal of religion and health
Année: 2013, Volume: 52, Numéro: 2, Pages: 642-656
Sujets non-standardisés:B Kohut
B Narcissism
B Marie de l'Incarnation
Accès en ligne: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Résumé:The following paper makes use of Kohutian self-psychology as a hermeneutic for interpreting Marie de l'Incarnation and her perplexing decision to abandon her young son Claude in favor of religious life. The author argues that filtered through the lens of Kohutian self-psychology, Marie de l'Incarnation emerges as a pathological narcissist and the decision to abandon Claude symptomatic of a narcissistic grandiosity.
ISSN:1573-6571
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10943-013-9674-5