Self-preservation at the center of personality : superego and ego ideal in the regulation of safety

Introduction
 Chapter 1 Compliance
 1.1 Conditionality of Parental Love
 1.2 Subordination to a Leader
 1.3 Superego
 1.4 Conflict and Self-Contempt
 1.5 Persona and Self-Definition
 1.6 Perfectionism and Obsessionality
 1.7 Summary
 Chapter 2 Exhibitionism and Ambition
 2.1 Ego Ideal
 2.2 Striving for Superiority
 2.3 Characterological Defenses
 2.4 Vanity and Self-Aggrandizement
 2.5 Affective Manifestations
 2.6 Summary
 Chapter 3 Assertiveness and Aggressive Control
 3.1 Loss and Ambivalence
 3.2 Jealousy and Envy
 3.3 Righteousness and Sense of Entitlement. 3.4 Vindictiveness and Manipulativeness3.5 Passive Aggressiveness
 3.6 Reparation
 3.7 Summary
 Chapter 4 Display of Helplessness and Appeal to Pity
 4.1 Persistence of Infantile Dependency
 4.2 Regression to Infantile Dependency
 4.3 Illness Behavior
 4.4 Guilt and Self-Punishment
 4.5 Masochism
 4.6 Depression
 4.7 Summary
 Chapter 5 Detachment
 5.1 Omnipotence
 5.2 Hidden Grandiosity
 5.3 Grandiose Fantasy
 5.4 Faith in God and Belief in Fate
 5.5 Schizoid Personality Disorder
 5.6 Psychosis
 5.7 Summary
 Chapter 6 Idealization and Identification
 6.1 Identification in Object Relationships. 6.2 Identification with the Group or Leader6.3 Identification with God
 6.4 Infatuation
 6.5 Summary
 Conclusions
 References
 Index.