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Drafts and typescripts of articles and papers by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn: ‘Steps in the Development of an Object-Relations Theory of the Personality’; "A Synopsis of the Development of the Author`s Views in the Direction of a Psychology of Dynamic Structure"; and, ‘Comments on “Psychological Motifs in the Works of the Norwegian Sculptor, Gustav Vigeland” by Ingjald Nissen’., 1948-1951.

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Identifier: MS.50193

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1948.

‘Steps in the Development of an Object-Relations Theory of the Personality’.

Typescript, 1948, of a summary by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn of his own paper, ‘Steps in the Development of an Object-Relations Theory of the Personality’. The paper was read at the Twelfth International Congress of Psychology, 26 July 1948. Folio 1.

Amended typescript, 1948, of an article, ‘Steps in the Development of an Object-Relations Theory of the Personality’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. The typescript has been slightly amended by Fairbairn. The article is based on Fairbairn’s paper of the same title which was read at the Twelfth International Congress of Psychology, 26 July 1948. Folios 2-17.

1950.

‘A Synopsis of the Development of the Author`s Views in the Direction of a Psychology of Dynamic Structure’.

Amended carbon copies and typescripts, 1950, forming a draft of an article, ‘A Synopsis of the Development of the Author`s Views in the Direction of a Psychology of Dynamic Structure’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. The paper was published in ‘Psychoanalytic Studies of the Personality’, 1952.The original foliation is irregular. Folios 18-59.

1951.

‘Comments on “Psychological Motifs in the Works of the Norwegian Sculptor, Gustav Vigeland” by Ingjald Nissen’.

Amended typescript, 1951, of a paper, ‘Comments on “Psychological Motifs in the Works of the Norwegian Sculptor, Gustav Vigeland” by Ingjald Nissen’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. The paper was read at the British Psychological Society, Scottish Branch meeting, 27 October 1951. The typescript has been amended by Fairbairn. Folios 60-66.

Dates

  • Creation: 1948-1951.

Language of Materials

English

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Extent

0.00 Linear metres (66 folios.)

Bibliography

The bibliography is arranged alphabetically by the title of the article.
‘Steps in the Development of an Object-Relations Theory of the Personality’ (folios 2-17) is printed in: `British Journal of Medical Psychology`, volume 22, parts 1 and 2 (1949); and, Fairbairn, William Ronald Dodds, `Psychoanalytic Studies of the Personality`, (London, 1952).
‘A Synopsis of the Development of the Author`s Views in the Direction of a Psychology of Dynamic Structure’ (folios 18-59) is printed in: Fairbairn, `Psychoanalytic Studies of the Personality`, (1952).

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