Understanding psychoanalysis / Matthew Sharpe and Joanne Faulkner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sharpe, Matthew, 1975- author.

Faulkner, Joanne, author.

Series:

Understanding movements in modern thought.

Understanding movements in modern thought

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychoanalysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 230 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Durham : Acumen Publishing, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Understanding Psychoanalysis presents a broad introduction to the key concepts and developments in psychoanalysis and its impact on modern thought. Charting pivotal moments in the theorization and reception of psychoanalysis, the book provides a comprehensive account of the concerns and development of Freud’s work, as well as his most prominent successors, Melanie Klein and Jacques Lacan. The work of these leading psychoanalytic theorists has greatly influenced thinking across other disciplines, notably feminism, film studies, poststructuralism, social and cultural theory, the philosophy of science and the emerging discipline of neuropsychoanalysis. Analysing this engagement with other disciplines and their key theorists, Understanding Psychoanalysis argues for a reconsideration of psychoanalysis as a resource for philosophy, science, and cultural studies.

Contents:

pt. 1. Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis

pt. 2. Freud's children

pt. 3. Psychoanalysis and its discontented.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-317-49294-3

1-317-49295-1

1-315-71177-X

1-282-94726-5

9786612947261

1-84465-405-2

9781315711775

OCLC:

898103901