Arrogance Developmental, Cultural, and Clinical Realms

Arrogance as a specific constellation of affect, fantasy, and behavior has received little attention in psychoanalysis. This is striking in light of the enormous amount of literature accumulated on the related phenomenon of narcissism. Rectifying this omission, the book in your hands addresses arrogance from multiple perspectives. Among the vantage points employed are psychoanalysis, evolutionary psychology, cross-cultural anthropology, fiction, as well as clinical work with children and adults. The result is a harmonious gestalt of insight that is bound to enhance the clinician's attunement to the covert anguish of those afflicted with arrogance.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ABOUT THE EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS INTRODUCTION PROLOGUE CHAPTER ONE The realm of arrogance Salman Akhtar PART I: DEVELOPMENTAL REALM CHAPTER TWO An evolutionary hypothesis on arrogance Kathryn Baselice and J. Anderson Thomson, Jr. CHAPTER THREE Arrogance of children and adolescents Ann Smolen CHAPTER FOUR Defensive arrogance in adult philanderers Jerome Blackman PART II: CULTURAL REALM CHAPTER FIVE Arrogance in text and in context Apurvah Shah CHAPTER SIX Literary portrayals of arrogance Nilofer Kaul PART III: CLINICAL REALM CHAPTER SEVEN Arrogance and aloneness Kathleen Ross CHAPTER EIGHT Arrogance in countertransference Dhwani Shah CHAPTER NINE Managing arrogance in child analysis Susan Sherkow EPILOGUE CHAPTER TEN The realm of humility Salman Akhtar REFERENCES INDEX

SALMAN AKHTAR, MD, is Professor of Psychiatry at Jefferson Medical College and a Training and Supervising Analyst at the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia. ANN SMOLEN, PhD, is a Training and Supervising Analyst at the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia.