Understanding Psychoanalysis (Understanding Movements in Modern Thought) - Hardcover

Sharpe, Matthew; Faulkner, Joanne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1844651215 ISBN 13: 9781844651214

Publisher: Routledge, 2008

Synopsis

"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.

About this title

About the Author

Matthew Sharpe lectures in psychoanalytic studies and philosophy at Deakin University, Australia.

Joanne Faulkner is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Philosophy, University of Alberta.

Review

"Psychoanalysis has outlived its obituaries and philosophy, as outlined in this book, has helped in its resuscitation. This is just as well since we need it. Here is an 'introduction' that trades neither scope for accuracy nor clarity for depth. With the Wolf-Man at my door, Anno O thirsty, Dora in hysterics, and George W. in the White House - this is the book I would reach for." Michael P. Levine, University Of Western Australia

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1844651215
• ISBN 13: 9781844651214
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208