Knowledge and Its Pretenders: Perspectives on Freud

Author(s) : David Bell

Book Details

Publisher : Routledge
Published : November 2026
Cover : Paperback
Pages : 266
Category :
Psychoanalysis
Category 2 :
Forthcoming
Catalogue No : 98599
ISBN 13 : 9781041349624
ISBN 10 : 1041349629

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In this book, David Bell explores Freud's oeuvre starting with some of the earliest papers. He situates this work within the context of culture and the history of ideas. Covering such key topics as narcissism, the nature of truth and illusion, and what constitutes knowledge within and outside analytic settings, the chapters take one of Freuds key works and offers an exegesis of that work. With a deep understanding of Freud's work and its place in contemporary psychoanalytic and cultural spheres, this is key reading for psychoanalysts, psychotherapists, historians of idea and anyone wanting to better understand the continued importance of Freud's enduring significance.

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David Bell is a Consultant Psychiatrist at the Tavistock Clinic in London, where he directs the Fitzjohn’s Unit, a specialist service for serious/complex psychological disorders. He is visiting Professorial Fellow, Birkbeck College, London and past President of the British Psychoanalytical Society. Throughout his career he has been deeply involved in the relation between psychoanalysis and literature, philosophy and politics, and has made numerous contributions in these areas. He is one of the UK’s leading psychiatric experts in asylum/human rights. He is contributing editor of Reason and Passion and Psychoanalysis and Culture: A Kleinian Perspective.

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