Working at the intersection of psychoanalytic, queer, and transgender theories, this book argues for the need to read Lacanian psychoanalysis through a queer and trans-positive framework. In so doing, it challenges the dimensions of fantasy at play in efforts to insist on the co…
Reading Freud provides an accessible outline of the whole of Freud's work, which succeeds in expressing even the most complex of Freud's theories in clear and simple language whilst avoiding over-simplification.
In this work, Herbert Marcuse takes as his starting point Freud's statement that civilization is based on the permanent subjugation of the human instincts, his reconstruction of the prehistory of mankind - to an interpretation of the basic trends of western civilization, stressi…
Offering a different perspective on the subject of religion and psychoanalysis, this book is useful for psychoanalysts, psychoanalytic therapists and psychodynamic counsellors. It attempts to answer questions, such as: How do religious stories carry (or distort) psychological tr…
This book offers a detailed look at Guattari's working methods in transdisciplinary experimentation from the time of his youth to his final years. His youthful adventures in the post-war Youth Hostels movement, decisive contact with institutional pedgagogy and the mentor figures…
Donald Winnicott today
by Institute of psychoanalysis, Abram, Jan
fromNew library of psychoanalysis
Imaginary Existences:A psychoanalytic exploration of phantasy, fiction, dreams and daydreams interweaves scholarly psychoanalytic knowledge and extensive clinical experience with insights derived from close readings of great literature in a uniquely imaginative and creative mann…
A selection of John D Sutherland's papers, this title provides an overview of the development of his thought on self and society and reveals the extent of his contribution to the field of mental health. These papers are of interest to psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, counsellor…