| Title:
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PSYCHOANALYSIS AT ITS LIMITS
NAVIGATING THE POSTMODERN TURN |
| By: |
Anthony Elliott (Editor), Charles Spezzano (Editor), Anthony Elliot (Editor) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£16.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
1853434655 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781853434655 |
| Publisher: |
FREE ASSOCIATION BOOKS |
| Pub. date: |
1 October, 1999 |
| Pages: |
320 |
| Description: |
Offers an account of the nature of psychoanalysis in the postmodern age. This text presents a history and critique of the concept of postmodernism throughout contemporary psychoanalytic thought, giving a critical survey of the complex relations between desire, selfhood and culture. |
| Synopsis: |
Has psychoanalysis become "postmodern"? How are the various schools of psychanalysis being altered by postmodernism? What role does psychoanalysis have to play in the cultural debate in postmodern times? This is an account of the complex and contradictory nature of psychoanalysis in the postmodern age. It presents a history and critique of the concept of postmodernism throughout contemporary psychoanalytic thought, giving a critical survey of the complex relations between desire, selfhood and culture. Among the contributors are: Jessica Benjamin, Jane Flax, Stephen Frosh, Thomas Ogden, Stephen Mitchell, Karen Peoples and Mark Bracher. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Free Association Books |
| Returns: |
Returnable |