Psychoanalysis and culture at the millennium
By: edited by Nancy Ginsburg and Roy Ginsburg.
Contributors: Ginsburg, Nancy, 1944-; Ginsburg, Roy, 1943-1992.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 394
Subjects: Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939; Psychoanalysis and culture; Popular culture -- Psychological aspects
Description: This collection of essays explores the pervasive influence of psychoanalysis on culture and thought in the late twentieth century. Eminent contributors representing the fields of philosophy, history, anthropology, literature, art history, and psychoanalysis examine the scope and variety of Sigmund Freud's impact on the modern intellectual climate. They show how Freud and others who followed him have profoundly expanded our understanding of human nature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.