The Routledge Handbook of Psychoanalysis in the Social Sciences and Humanities

The Routledge Handbook of Psychoanalysis in the Social Sciences and Humanities
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 495
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ISBN-10 : 9781317308201
ISBN-13 : 1317308204
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Book Synopsis The Routledge Handbook of Psychoanalysis in the Social Sciences and Humanities by : Anthony Elliott

Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Psychoanalysis in the Social Sciences and Humanities written by Anthony Elliott and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-14 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Handbook of Psychoanalysis in the Social Sciences and Humanities provides a comprehensive, critical overview of the historical, theoretical and applied forms of psychoanalytical criticism. This path-breaking Handbook offers students new ways of understanding the powers and limits of psychoanalysis, and of the social, cultural and political possibilities of psychoanalytic critique. The book offers students and professionals clear and concise chapters on the development of psychoanalysis, introducing key theories that have influenced debates over the psyche, desire and emotion in the social sciences and humanities. There are substantive chapters on classical Freudian theory, Kleinian and Bionian theory, object-relations psychoanalysis, Lacanian and post-Lacanian approaches, feminist psychoanalysis, as well as postmodern trends in psychoanalysis. There is a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary approaches to psychoanalytic critique, with contributions drawing from developments in sociology, politics, history, cultural studies, women’s studies and architecture.


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