Social Theory Since Freud

Traversing Social Imaginaries
1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-415-27164-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 200 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 449 g

In this compelling book, Anthony Elliott traces the rise of psychoanalysis from the Frankfurt School to postmodernism. Examining how pathbreaking theorists such as Adorno, Marcuse, Lacan and Lyotard have deployed psychoanalysis to politicise issues such as desire, sexuality, repression and identity, Elliott assesses the gains and losses arising from this appropriation of psychoanalysis in social theory and cultural studies.

Moving from the impact of the Culture Wars and recent Freud-bashing to contemporary debates in social theory, feminism and postmodernism, Elliott argues for a new alliance between sociological and psychoanalytic perspectives.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Elliott, Anthony

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Psychoanalyse (S. Freud)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Social Theory and Psychoanalysis: The Story So Far 2. Self and Society: Freud and Castoriadis on Imagination 3. Desire in Language: Kristeva and Laplanche on Repression 4. The Social Imaginary and Social Research 5. In Defence of Imagination: Concluding Remarks

Über Autor(innen)

Anthony Elliott is Professor of Social and Political Theory at the University of the West of England, where he is Director of the Centre for Critical Theory.