Activity theory--a conceptual framework originally developed by Aleksei Leontiev--has its roots in the socio-cultural tradition in Russian psychology. The foundational concept of the theory is human activity, which is understood as purposeful, mediated, and transformative intera…
"Notions of "internalization" play an important role in many contemporary fields of discourse, including literary history and theory, psychoanalysis, ideological critique, and learning theory in the social sciences. But the meaning of this term and the continuities and discontin…
Klein's model of projective and introjective processes and Bion's model of the relationship between container and contained have become increasingly significant in clinical work. Here, the author elucidates the psychodynamics of these processes in the context of eating disorders…
Klein's model of projective and introjective processes and Bion's model of the relationship between container and contained have become increasingly significant in clinical work. Here, the author elucidates the psychodynamics of these processes in the context of eating disorders…
