Main description:

Envy, Competition and Gender provides a unique perspective on gender difference in relation to envy and competitiveness, reframing and de-demonizing these difficult emotions and revealing their potentially creative power.

Incorporating perspectives from psychology, psychiatry, social work, sociology and education, this book provides a comprehensive overview of theories and ideas on the links between gender, envy and competition. The book is divided into three sections, covering the individual and development, therapeutic implications and therapeutic applications in broader social and cultural contexts. Individual and group case stories are included throughout to illuminate discussion of crucial issues such as:

men, masculinity, and competition
gender differences in envying and being envied
the evolution of the female self
envy and generativity: owning our inner resources
envy in body transference and countertransference
envy and desire
revenge and retaliation.

This interdisciplinary, multicultural and international perspective on envy and competition in relation to gender will be of great interest to all psychotherapists and related mental health professionals interested in investigating the positive potential of these powerful emotions.

Contents:

Nitsun, Foreword. Part 1: Developmental Perspectives. Envy on the Crossroad Between Destruction, Self-actualization and Avoidance. Men, Masculinity, and Competition: Whither the New Man? The Evolution of the Female Self: Attachment, Identification, Individuation, Competition, Collaboration, and Mentoring. Snow Whites, Stepmothers and Hunters: Gender Dynamics in Envy and Competition in the Family. Part 2: Practice Perspectives. Envy and Generativity: Owning Inner Resources. To Have or Not to Be: A Puzzling Question. On Being Envied: 'Heroes' and 'Victims'. Envy in Body Transference and Countertransference: Female Treatment Dyads, Patients with Eating Disorders. Part 3: Group Perspectives. Revenge and Retaliation. Jealousy, Envy, and Competition: A Gender Difference and the Dynamics as an Anti-group Force in the Group. Gender, Envy, and Competition in the American Work Place: Academic Setting a Case Example. Conclusion