Psychology after the unconscious : from Freud to Lacan / Ian Parker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parker, Ian, 1956- author.

Series:

Psychology after critique

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Subconsciousness.

Psychoanalysis.

Lacan, Jacques, 1901-1981.

Lacan, Jacques.

Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939.

Freud, Sigmund.

Physical Description:

xi, 127 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Hove, East Sussex ; New York : Routledge, 2015.

Summary:

"Ian Parker has been a leading light in the fields of critical and discursive psychology for over 25 years. The Psychology After Critique series brings together for the first time his most important papers. Each volume in the series has been prepared by Ian Parker and presents a newly written introduction and focused overview of a key topic area. Psychology After the Unconscious is the fifth volume in the series and addresses three central questions: - Why is Freud's concept of the unconscious important today? - Does language itself play a role in the creation of the unconscious? - How does Lacan radicalize Freud's notion of the unconscious in relation to cultural research? The book provides a clear explanation of Freudian and Lacanian accounts of the unconscious. It also highlights their role in offering a new way of describing, understanding and working with the human subject in clinical settings and in cultural research. Part One shows how the unconscious is elaborated in Freud's early case studies in Studies on Hysteria, while Part Two focuses on Lacan's re-working of the unconscious and its relationship to language and culture in his influential public seminars. The book also provides access to key debates currently occurring in Freudian and Lacanian psychoanalysis, exploring both the clinical dimension and the consequences for psychological and cultural research. Psychology After the Unconscious is essential reading for students and researchers in psychology, psychosocial studies, sociology, social anthropology and cultural studies, and to psychoanalysts of different traditions engaged in academic research. It will also introduce key ideas and debates within critical psychology to undergraduates and postgraduate students across the social sciences"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I Freud 9

1 Dimensions of the unconscious in Freud 11

2 Rosalia H.: with Freud in a prelude to psychoanalysis 21

3 The ego in Lucy R.: notes on conflict in one of Freud's first cases 30

4 Katharina working out anxiety: notes on Freud's early case 38

5 The unconscious love of Elisabeth von R.: notes on Freud's first full-length analysis 49

6 The psychogenesis of the ego: notes on Freud's 'Case of homosexuality in a woman' 58

Part II Lacan 67

7 Lacan's formation of the unconscious 69

8 Identification: signifiers, negation and the unary trait in Seminar IX 81

9 Seminar XXIII: sinthome, creativity, culture and pathology in psychoanalysis 97.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781848722149

1848722141

9781848722156

184872215X

OCLC:

890434181