Brothers and Sisters

Sibling relationships and rivalry are as old as recorded history. This analysis explores that ambivalence between siblings casts its shadow throughout people's lifetimes and affects their choices of mates, relationships with their own children, and aversions to others.

Salman Akhtar is professor of psychiatry at Jefferson Medical College and Training and Supervising Analyst at the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia.

1 Acknowledgment 2 Contributors Chapter 3 1. Beyond the Parental Orbit: Brothers, Sisters, and Others Chapter 4 2. Twinship and Twinning Reactions in Siblings Chapter 5 3. Twins and Other Siblings Chapter 6 4. Sisters and Their Disappointing Brothers Chapter 7 5. The Legacy of the Defective and Dead Sibling Chapter 8 6. Childhood Sibling Rivalry and Unconscious Womb Fantasies in Adults Chapter 9 7. Sibling Rivalry: A Phenomenon of Construction and Destruction Chapter 10 8. Brothers and Sisters and Sibling Relationships 11 Index