Examines representations of the child in fiction, psychoanalysis and popular culture. Drawing on popular images of the child from the 19th century to the present, it raises provocative questions... (more)
Looks at Lacanian psychoanlaysis in a clinical context and how the ancient mysteries of the phallus, prefigure concepts of the symbol, the feminine and the sacred. (more)
A scholar, psychologist, physician, and experienced psychoanalyst, Marshall Edelson is uniquely qualified to respond to questions about the scientific status of psychoanalysis. He has written this... (more)
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Explores the implications of Sartrean philosophy for the Freudian psychoanalytic tradition. The author shows that Sartre appreciated Freud's psychoanalytic achievements, but rebelled against the... (more)
This book addresses what is often missing from discussions of women's psychology in feminist social theory: an account of women as ambivalent, both empathic and engaged, both loving and hating.
A comprehensive and systematic philisophical examinations of Freud's own arguements for his theoretical and therapeutic enterprise. 310 pages. (more)
Applying ideas drawn from contemporary critical theory this book historicises psychoanalysis through a new, and significant, theorisation of the Gothic. The central premise is that the 19th-century... (more)
THE OBJECT a - Guy Le Gaufey; THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS - Helena Texier; IS THE CONCEPT OF THE DEATH DRIVE ESSENTIAL WHEN SPEAKING OF TRAUMA? - Aisling Campbell; THE PURLOINED TONGUE - Claus-Dieter... (more)
A critique of Jung's theory of synchronicity that develops an alternative to demystify synchronistic happenings by explaining them in purely naturalistic terms. The book's larger purpose is to... (more)
This work examines the intersection between, and proposes pedagogical uses of, psychoanalytic technique for writing instruction. It demonstrates how a psychoanalytic approach offers insights into the... (more)
In this collection of 12 essays on the writings of Bram Stoker, the authors aim to show how he blended the Gothic with discourses on politics, sexuality, medicine, and national identity. The text... (more)
This original study answers questions such as 'Why does passion bewilder and torture so many Victorian protagonists ?' and 'Why do many literary characters experience moments of ecstasy before their... (more)
The author demonstrates how fetishism was crucial to the construction and negotiation of identity and gender in both Hemingway's life and his fiction. 366 pages. (more)
LATENT FREUDIAN THOUGHTS TOWARDS A THEORY OF NEUROTIC DEPRESSION Part One The Anxiety-Neurotic Depression - Lieven Jonckheere; LATENT FREUDIAN THOUGHTS TOWARDS A THEORY OF NEUROTIC DEPRESSION Part... (more)
This collection of essays studies the seemingly permanent racial undercurrents of society, focusing on unconscious fantasies and identities. The essays engage with postcolonial, political, and... (more)
This work is a historical study of the early Freudian movement in Vienna and its contribution to cultural theory. The author explores Freud's writings on art, society, and history in light of the... (more)
Lacan 's summary of Seminar XL - Cormac Gallagher; THE FOUR FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF PSYCHOANALYSIS* - Charles Melman; SOME SHORT ODDS ON GAMBLING: A PSYCHOANALYTIC APPROACH* - Rik Loose; SOME REMARKS... (more)
Begins with a general introduction to the imaginary institution of society and the role of the psyche in racist thinking. The author shows how psychoanalysis, like politics, can contribute to the... (more)
The author poses a feminist challenge to the hidden assumptions within conventional historiography by focusing on the troubled relationship between subjectivity and history. By applying Freud's... (more)
THE PLACE AND CONTRIBUTION OF HANDWRITING IN CLINICAL PSYCHOANALYSIS - Erik Porge; 2001 INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON PSYCHOANALYTIC RESEARCH - Cormac Gallagher; BEYOND THE REBUS PRINCIPLE?... (more)