"The Development of Aggression in Early Childhood, first published in 1979, is here reissued is a revised edition because the author's "multi-trends theory of aggression" and its clinical and social applications have held up cogently and productively for nearly thirty years. Henri Parens's observation-based explication of highly different forms or trends of aggression is experience-near and is, he argues, of greater heuristic merit than the assumption that humans are inherently "seething cauldrons of destructive excitations."" "In this revised edition, Parens's theory is offset by a new, two-part introduction that provides a historical overview of the multitudinous theories of aggression in psychoanalytic thought and discusses the clinical applications of the multi-trends theory of aggression with case studies and further clinical theorizing about hostile destructiveness and clinical technique. This book is intended not only for mental health professionals of all degrees and orientations, but also for all those who tend children, be they caregivers, pediatricians, educators, or pastoral counselors."--BOOK JACKET. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Henri Parens is professor of psychiatry at Jefferson Medical College and training and supervising analyst (adult and child) at the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia. Distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.