Kleinian school
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The Kleinian school is a psychoanalytic tradition based on Melanie Klein’s theories, emphasizing early object relations, unconscious phantasy, and the inner world of the infant.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| British object relations school | 4 |
| Kleinian school canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kleinian school Context triple: [Melanie Klein, movement, Kleinian school]
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Darmstadt School
The Darmstadt School was a mid-20th-century avant-garde movement in European classical music centered around the Darmstadt Summer Courses, known for its promotion of serialism and other radical compositional techniques.
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Copenhagen school
The Copenhagen school is a philosophical and scientific tradition centered in Copenhagen that played a foundational role in shaping the Copenhagen interpretation and broader understanding of quantum mechanics.
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Freiburg School
The Freiburg School was a group of German economists and legal scholars in the early 20th century that developed ordoliberalism, advocating a strong legal framework to ensure competitive markets and prevent economic power concentration.
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Annicerian school
The Annicerian school was a later branch of the Cyrenaic tradition that emphasized refined, moderate hedonism and the pursuit of pleasure guided by practical wisdom.
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Heidelberg School of sociology
The Heidelberg School of sociology was an early 20th-century German sociological tradition centered at the University of Heidelberg, known for its cultural and historical approaches to social theory and its association with prominent scholars such as Alfred Weber.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kleinian school Target entity description: The Kleinian school is a psychoanalytic tradition based on Melanie Klein’s theories, emphasizing early object relations, unconscious phantasy, and the inner world of the infant.
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A.
Darmstadt School
The Darmstadt School was a mid-20th-century avant-garde movement in European classical music centered around the Darmstadt Summer Courses, known for its promotion of serialism and other radical compositional techniques.
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B.
Copenhagen school
The Copenhagen school is a philosophical and scientific tradition centered in Copenhagen that played a foundational role in shaping the Copenhagen interpretation and broader understanding of quantum mechanics.
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C.
Freiburg School
The Freiburg School was a group of German economists and legal scholars in the early 20th century that developed ordoliberalism, advocating a strong legal framework to ensure competitive markets and prevent economic power concentration.
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D.
Annicerian school
The Annicerian school was a later branch of the Cyrenaic tradition that emphasized refined, moderate hedonism and the pursuit of pleasure guided by practical wisdom.
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E.
Heidelberg School of sociology
The Heidelberg School of sociology was an early 20th-century German sociological tradition centered at the University of Heidelberg, known for its cultural and historical approaches to social theory and its association with prominent scholars such as Alfred Weber.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
psychoanalytic school
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theoretical orientation in psychoanalysis ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept |
depressive position
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internal good and bad objects ⓘ object relations theory ⓘ paranoid-schizoid position ⓘ projective identification ⓘ unconscious phantasy ⓘ |
| basedOn | theories of Melanie Klein ⓘ |
| clinicalFocus |
early developmental disturbances
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psychosis ⓘ severe personality disorders ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Anna Freudian school
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linked to:
Anna Freud
|
| controversy | involved in the Controversial Discussions in the British Psychoanalytical Society ⓘ |
| developedFrom | Freudian psychoanalysis ⓘ |
| differsFrom | classical Freudian drive theory ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
early object relations
ⓘ
the inner world of the infant ⓘ unconscious phantasy ⓘ |
| field | psychoanalysis ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
infantile experience
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internal objects ⓘ primitive mental states ⓘ |
| givesPriorityTo | object relations over drives ⓘ |
| hasSubtradition | post-Kleinian psychoanalysis ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | 20th century ⓘ |
| influenced |
British object relations school
ⓘ
linked to:
Kleinian school
child psychoanalysis ⓘ contemporary psychoanalytic theory ⓘ |
| institutionalBase | British Psychoanalytical Society ⓘ |
| keyFigure |
Betty Joseph
ⓘ
Hanna Segal ⓘ Herbert Rosenfeld ⓘ John Steiner ⓘ Melanie Klein ⓘ Wilfred Bion ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| methodologicalEmphasis |
detailed analysis of transference
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interpretation of unconscious phantasy in the session ⓘ |
| originatedIn | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| region | Europe ⓘ |
| typicalTechnique |
focus on here-and-now analytic relationship
ⓘ
frequent interpretations of primitive anxieties ⓘ |
| viewsAnxietyAs | central to early mental life ⓘ |
| viewsInfantAs | having a complex inner world from earliest months ⓘ |
| viewsMindAs | populated by internal objects ⓘ |
| viewsTransferenceAs | expression of current unconscious phantasy ⓘ |
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Subject: Kleinian school Description of subject: The Kleinian school is a psychoanalytic tradition based on Melanie Klein’s theories, emphasizing early object relations, unconscious phantasy, and the inner world of the infant.
Referenced by (7)
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