Psychoanalytic Culture
Subtitle: Psychoanalytic Discourse in Western Society
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Published: September 29, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780761956433
Subjects: Cultural studies; Psychoanalysis & psychoanalytical theory; Psychology; Movements - Psychoanalysis; Psychology & Psychiatry / Psychoanalysis
Description: "Ian Parker systematically reviews key psychoanalytic theories to reveal social processes and their significance to modern life: Freud and object relations theory is directed towards group processes, religion and war; the Frankfurt School is used to examine individuality, authoritarianism and changes in culture; and the Lacanian tradition to account for language, representation and self-improvement. The theoretical analysis incorporates throughout the volume the work of figures ranging from Adorno, Habermas and Fromm to Klein, Kristeva, Winnicott and Zizek." "Psychoanalytic Culture will be essential reading for students and academics in psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, psychology, sociology and cultural studies."--BOOK JACKET.