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IN THIS PAPER, I SHALL EXAMINE the emergence of hostile aggression, its precursors, and its adaptive and defensive modifications during the course of the separation-individuation process from five to thirty-six months of age. I shall examine the subphase-specific developmental unfolding of the manifestations of aggression and their vicissitudes in infants and toddlers, show how hostile aggression contributes to the onset of intrapsychic conflict as well as to defense and compromise formation