Psychoanalytic theory has been the critical instrument of choice for colonial critics. This book examines why critics who are otherwise suspicious of Western forms of knowledge are drawn to psychoanalytic theories, and whether it is possible to use such theories without reproduc…
"Postcolonial Theory and Psychoanalysis answers questions through a critical examination of the work of critics such as Fanon, Nandy, Bhabha, Deleuze and Guattari. It includes a consideration of key works by each critic, explores their broader reasons for using psychoanalysis in…
"In Liberating Oedipus? Psychoanalysis as Critical Theory, Filip Kovacevic demonstrates how psychoanalytical theory can join political theory in designing alternative political north and values. Detailing the thoughts of major psychologists including Sigmund Freud, Jacques Lacan…
"Here, in one concise and readable volume, are Sigmund Freud's principal theories about psychological existence and his insights into overt or hidden aspects of the human psyche. Culled from forty years of his published works, A Primer of Freudian Psychology is a comprehensive g…
Using Freud's correspondence, this book argues that his Jewishness was in fact a source of energy and pride for him and that he identified with both Jewish and humanist traditions. Gresser presents an extended analysis of Freud's personal correspondence. Arranged in chronologic…
"More than a century has passed since Sigmund Freud began his groundbreaking work in psychoanalysis, yet there is no consensus about his legacy; instead, there is persistent disagreement not only about Freud's reputation and place in history but about the proper standards to use…
"More than a century has passed since Sigmund Freud began his groundbreaking work in psychoanalysis, yet there is no consensus about his legacy; instead, there is persistent disagreement not only about Freud's reputation and place in history but about the proper standards to use…
"More than a century has passed since Sigmund Freud began his groundbreaking work in psychoanalysis, yet there is no consensus about his legacy; instead, there is persistent disagreement not only about Freud's reputation and place in history but about the proper standards to use…
This book focuses on the question of the theory of therapeutic action underlying the multiple perspectives in psychoanalysis. The question of how psychoanalysis effects therapeutic change and the methods by which this change is achieved is answered from the perspectives of: ego …
This book focuses on the question of the theory of therapeutic action underlying the multiple perspectives in psychoanalysis. The question of how psychoanalysis effects therapeutic change and the methods by which this change is achieved is answered from the perspectives of: ego …
'This is truly a landmark volume. This illuminating collection of papers by an outstanding group of psychoanalysts demonstrates the innovative ways in which modern Freudian analysts have synthesized and adapted not only Freud's fundamental contributions, but also those of creati…
This work presents a vision of contemporary Freudian psychoanalysis. The contributors show how modern Freudian analysts have translated and retranslated the contributions of analysts on whose shoulders they stand, including Freud, Winnicott, Loewald, Ferenczi and others, and syn…
