This collection of "comparisons and contrasts" explores Heinz Kohut's self psychology in relation to a wide-ranging group of modern thinkers, both inside and outside of analysis. Separate sections analyze self psychology alongside Freud and the first generation of psychoanalytic dissidents; British object relations theorists; and contemporary theorists like Kernberg, Mahler, Lacan, and Masterson.

I. Freud and the Historical "Dissidents" 1. A Comparison of Freud and Kohut: Apostasy or Synergy? Basch 2. Kohut and Jung: A Comparison of Theory and Therapy, Corbett 3. Adler, Kohut, and the Idea of a Psychoanalytic Research Tradition, Stepansky 4. Otto Rank and Self Psychology, Menaker 5. Ferenczi's Contributions to the Evolution of a Self Psychology Framework in Psychoanalysis, Rachman 6. Karen Horney's Theory of the Self, Paul II. Existential-Humanistic Thinkers 7. Narcissism and Nihilism: Kohut and Kierkegaard on the Modern Self, Rubin 8. Kohut and Husserl: The Empathic Bond, Nissim-Sabat 9. On Maurice Merleau-Ponty and the Psychology of the Self, Masek 10. Psychoanalytic Phenomenology and the Thinking of Martin Heidegger and Jean-Paul Sartre, Atwood 11. Carl Rogers and Heinz Kohut: On the Importance of Valuing the Self, Kahn III. English Object Relations Theorists 12. Klein, Balint, and Fairbairn: A Self-Psychological Perspective, Brandchaft 13. Winnicott and Self Psychology: Remarkable Reflections, Bacal IV. Contemporary Contributions 14. Interpersonal Psychoanalysis and Self Psychology: A Clinical Comparison, Bromberg 15. Conflict and Deficit Models of Psychopathology: A Unificatory Point of View, Gediman 16. Masterson and Kohut: Comparison and Contrast, Klein 17. Kernberg and Kohut: A Critical Comparison, Aktar 18. Lacan and Kohut: From Imaginary to Symbolic Identification in the Case of Mr. Z, Muller 19. Mahler, Kohut, and Infant Research: Some Comparisons, Shane, Shane 20. Self Psychology: A Post-Kohutian View, Gedo V. Summarizing Reflections 21. Self Psychology, Psychoanalysis, and the Analytic Enterprise, Detrick