The Interpersonal World of the Infant: A View from Psychoanalysis and Developmental Psychology Summary
Daniel N. Stern

The Interpersonal World of the Infant: A View from Psychoanalysis and Developmental Psychology Summary

Daniel Stern's The Interpersonal World of the Infant is a theory of the subjective life of young infants. Stern asks whether infants have a sense of self, how they unify experience, perceive objects, share experiences with others, and so on. The point of the inquiry is not only to teach the reader something about human nature but to use his theory of Self Psychology to unify differing scientific perspectives and to...

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