Elliott Psychoanalytic Theory

An Introduction
3rd Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-30084-3
Verlag: Macmillan Education
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Ebook (PDF)

Influential, exciting and often controversial, psychoanalytic theory has had a major impact in the humanities and social sciences.In a new edition of this classic book, Anthony Elliott masterfully introduces the reader to psychoanalytic theory.• discusses leading psychoanalytic theorists - from Freud to Lacan, Klein to Kristeva, Žižek to Laplanche;• examines the political and cultural dimensions of psychoanalytic studies, from feminism to postmodernism;• contains new material on Lacanian and post-Lacanian theory, the post-Kleinian psychoanalyst Wilfred Bion, psychoanalytic feminism and deconstructive psychoanalysis. Written by one of the world's leading social theorists, this engaging and influential text is essential reading for anyone wanting to learn about psychoanalytic theory and its cultural importance in our lives.

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Elliott, Anthony

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Making of the Self Divergences in Psychoanalytic Theory.- 2. Modern Culture and Its Repressed From Freud to Lasch.- 3. Object Relations, Kleinian Theory, Self-Psychology From Erikson to Kohut.- 4. Post-structuralist Anxiety: Subjects of Desire From Lacan to Derrida.- 5. Psychoanalytic Feminism From Chodorow to Butler.- 6. The Dislocating World of Postmodernism Identity in Troubled Times.- Conclusion: Psychoanalysis as Critical Theory

Über Autor(innen)

Anthony Elliott is Director of the Hawke Research Institute and Research Professor of Sociology at the University of South Australia. A prominent social theorist, sociologist and public intellectual, he is the author and editor of 40 books, translated in over a dozen languages.